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A look inside Cape Wind's report card
In 2000-plus pages, filled with studies, statistics and opinions galore, the federal Minerals Management Service concluded that building a wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal was not only better than nowhere, but better than a good many other spots.
The Final Environmental Impact Statement released last week didn't say the site in Nantucket Sound was perfect, but that it met a series of physical, biological and social/human benchmarks.
January 19, 2009
by Doreen Leggett
in Barnstable Patriot
In 2000-plus pages, filled with studies, statistics and opinions galore, the federal Minerals Management Service concluded that building a wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal was not only better than nowhere, but better than a good many other spots.
The Final Environmental Impact Statement released last week didn't say the site in Nantucket Sound was perfect, but that it met a series of physical, biological and social/human benchmarks.
In response to critics that don't want the Cape Wind project built, the document pointed out energy experts say the state needs 110 additional megawatts a year, starting a few years ago, in... [continue via Web link]
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