150 attend with "same old, same old" rhetoric, speakers favor project over 2-1

On a lovely sun-kissed evening, after two days of soggy weather, it was a surprise that a public hearing here on Cape Cod related to the Cape Wind project was so well attended.

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Click here to read this article on Cape Cod Today

Finally, Cape Wind is within sight of the ‘finish line’ but we need our supporters to make their voices heard this one last time at a final public hearing to make Massachusetts home to the nation’s first offshore wind farm and get the jobs, increased energy independence, and cleaner air that it will bring.

Waging the Battle to Build the U.S.’s First Offshore Wind Farm

After a decade seeking approval to build the U.S.’s first offshore wind farm, Cape Wind president Jim Gordon is on the verge of beginning construction. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he describes why his struggle has been good for clean energy — and why the fight is still not over.

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by Joseph M. Kwasnik, Senior Advisor, Electric Power Program — Ceres

The Cape Wind project has received two positive jolts in recent weeks.

First came the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision upholding a long-term power agreement for National Grid to purchase half of Cape Wind’s 454 megawatts of wind power for at least 15 years.

Yesterday the second came – Massachusetts regulators gave final approval to a merger between NStar and Northeast Utilities, which includes a commitment by NStar to buy slightly more than a quarter of Cape Wind’s project’s electricity for 15 years.

With these key contracts in place, Cape Wind can secure the financing it needs to begin construction next year. After a tortuous decade-long journey, the project’s football-field sized wind turbines will start producing electricity as early as 2015. That’s an enormous breakthrough for homegrown renewable energy powering the Massachusetts and New England economies.

Click here to read this Ceres blog by Joseph M. Kwasnik

Statement of Cape Wind President Jim Gordon on the NSTAR / Cape Wind long term Power Purchase Agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities:

"Today's filing of the Cape Wind/Nstar Power Purchase Agreement is about moving forward to deliver energy, environmental and economic benefits to Massachusetts and New England electric consumers. By harnessing our abundant and inexhaustible offshore wind resources, Massachusetts will be at the forefront of a new industry creating a better and more secure energy future."  -- Jim Gordon

In a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters an engineering team from Stanford University has identified Cape Wind's site of Nantucket Sound as an ideal location to build an offshore wind farm. 

Click here to read more in Science Daily

Cape Wind President Jim Gordon was interviewed on CNBC this morning.

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The Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance has fined the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound $22,500 for improperly engaging in and failing to properly report 'electioneering activities' in 2010.  Click on the links below to read articles on this subject.

Cape Cod Times

Cape Cod Today