In his 2013 Earth Day speech at MIT, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick listed his administation's clean energy accomplishments including that with Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts will be home to America's first offshore wind farm.

Click here to read the article in CleanTech

Commonwealth Magazine takes a close look at Cape Wind President Jim Gordon and Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Chairman (and coal and petroleum coke billionaire) Bill Koch.  Bill Koch reveals his strategy is to tie up the courts while trying to elect anti-wind power politicians.  Jim Gordon opens up on why this project is so important to him, to his company, to Massachusetts and to the nation.

Click here to read this article in Commonwealth Magazine

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday he is optimistic that the nation’s first offshore wind farm will break ground this year after more than a decade of delays.

“I think there’s a good chance it will happen before the end of the year,” Salazar said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Click here to read this AP article in the Washington Post

Quote from Cape Wind President Jim Gordon reacting to the news that the entire Massachusetts Congressional Delegation has submitted a letter asking the Department of Energy to approve Cape Wind's Loan Guarantee as soon as possible:

"I am grateful to Congressman Bill Keating and to the entire Massachusetts Congressional Delegation for their leadership and vision in pursuit of a cleaner and more prosperous energy future for Massachusetts and for helping launch the U.S. offshore wind industry". -- Jim Gordon

Click here to read Congressman Bill Keating's press release

Click here to read the MA Congressional Delegation letter to the Department of Energy

U.K. renewable power generation surged 20 percent last year, boosted by new offshore wind farms, the Department of Energy and Climate Change said.

...“The largest absolute increase in generation was from offshore wind,” the department said. “This was largely due to increased capacity.”

The U.K. aims to get 30 percent of its electricity from clean sources by 2020 as part of efforts to meet an EU target of deriving 15 percent of all energy, including for heat and transportation, from renewables.
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