The members of the League of Women Voters, Cape Cod Area believe that the development of utility scale wind energy resources, such as the project proposed by Cape Wind is critical in: meeting the energy needs of our area; helping to provide clean air; providing health benefits for our citizens and addressing the issue of climate change.
-- League of Women Voters, Cape Cod Area
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State gets $2m grant for wind technology Tuesday, June 26, 2007
...projects like Cape Wind, the wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound, have opened the potential for a new crop of offshore plants requiring much larger turbines and longer blades.
"Our strategy will be to get out early and capture as much of the market for blade testing as we can," said Ian Bowles , the Massachusetts secretary for energy and environmental affairs. Bowles said construction is set to begin on the Charlestown hangar this fall and the test center is expected to open its doors in 2009.
Jim Gordon , president of Cape Wind LLC in Boston, said the 182-foot-long blades planned for his offshore development could be tested in Charlestown. "This demonstrates Massachusetts is serious about being an energy capital in the 21st century," he said.