Cape Wind :: America's First Offshore Wind Farm on Nantucket Sound

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The members of the League of Women Voters, Cape Cod Area believe that the development of utility scale wind energy resources, such as the project proposed by Cape Wind is critical in: meeting the energy needs of our area; helping to provide clean air; providing health benefits for our citizens and addressing the issue of climate change.

-- League of Women Voters, Cape Cod Area

State and Local Permitting completed in 2009
Federal Permitting completed April, 2010
Cape Wind granted first U.S. commercial offshore wind lease, October, 2010
Cape Wind long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with National Grid Approved, November, 2010
Cape Wind Construction & Operations Plan approved, April, 2011
Cape Wind / National Grid PPA Approval Upheld by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, December, 2011
Cape Wind PPA with NSTAR approved, November, 2012
Current Status: Cape Wind is currently in its project financing phase, Barclays is its Financial Advisor. Construction will begin by the end of the year. The project will be partially commissioned in 2015 and fully commissioned in 2016.