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Key permits OK'd for proposed wind farm
The state's Energy Facilities Siting Board voted unanimously today to approve a bundle of permits for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, marking another milestone for the controversial project. ...The board voted 7-0 to approve the so-called "super permit," after three hours of deliberation at Boston's South Station Transportation Center, siting board spokesman Tim Shevlin said this afternoon.
May 20, 2009
by Patrick Cassidy
in Cape Cod Times
The state's Energy Facilities Siting Board voted unanimously today to approve a bundle of permits for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, marking another milestone for the controversial project.
"Today's vote marks not just a successful conclusion to a seven-year state regulatory review of the Cape Wind project but the beginning of a new era of clean energy jobs and renewable power from the endless wind resources off our shore," Cape Wind Associates, LLC, president Jim Gordon said in a prepared statement released after the vote.
The board voted 7-0 to approve the so-called "super permit," after three hours of deliberation... [continue via Web link]
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