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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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Wind power plants timelier than ever
Monday, October 31, 2005

Letter in the Boston Sunday Globe Business Section by Erik Gehring

With news of the potential relaxation of environmental standards in order to keep heat and electricity flowing this winter (''Romney may ease curbs on power plants," Oct. 19), I wonder if prominent statewide politicians like Governor Romney will reconsider their staunch opposition to the proposed Cape Wind farm...

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· If facts and logic prevail, Cape Wind will win support   (12/09/11)
· Retrospective: Jim Gordon and Cape Wind   (12/05/11)