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Proponents of wind farm trim proposal for Horseshoe Shoal
Friday, January 24, 2003
Cape Wind Associates erased 40 turbines from its wind farm site plans this week - freeing four square miles of Horseshoe Shoals previously staked by the private energy developer.

The announcement came Tuesday as Cape Wind officials sealed a deal with GE Wind Energy to manufacture the 130 turbines the developer now hopes to erect on 24 square miles of shallow water in Nantucket Sound. Read the full story in the Martha's Vineyard Gazette

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