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The possibility of eventually going further and deeper will be enhanced by the experience that will be gained with the turbines in Nantucket Sound....It is prudent that the first projects be relatively close to shore, and in relatively shallow water before moving further out. Nantucket Sound is a good place to begin.

-- Dr. James F. Manwell, Director, Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, UMass

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Interior Secretary should allow wind farm to proceed
Friday, February 05, 2010
...No matter where you build in the eastern United States, you are likely to mar someone's view or disturb land that some group considers valuable. In this case, the plan's potential benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

The wind farm's developers aim to provide 75 percent of the electricity for the Cape and nearby islands. And the project would be an early test of wind power's feasibility, taking advantage of the area's rare natural setting to push costs down. The tribes and other locals, on the other hand, would have to put up with windmills many miles offshore. Mr. Salazar should move Cape Wind along.

Note: Click here to read this Washington Post Editorial

Also in Opinions and Editorials:
· Ted Danson: Congress, Offshore Wind Just Needs a Push   (07/22/10)
· Blowing past the naysayers   (06/02/10)
· Perspectives Column in Boston Globe Magazine by Tom Keane   (05/24/10)