As the first shallow water offshore project under review in the United States, utility-scale projects like Cape Wind are important to our national interest and a critical first step to building a domestic, globally competitive wind industry. Success in the project could also lay the foundation for a focused national investment to develop offshore wind technology in the coming years.
-- David Garman, U.S. Undersecretary of Energy
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New Bedford Standard-Times Editorial Wednesday, July 30, 2003
"Sen. Kennedy and other members of the Senate and House need to look for ways to use public policy to encourage alternative energy developmnet and not erect barriers to it."