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Cape Wind: Survey work starting at project site
The survey begins Friday and continues through early fall. The first step involves acoustic imaging to map the seafloor. Then, sampling will be done ensure no Native American artifacts will be disturbed and to analyze the soil, followed by deeper soil borings.
July 6, 2012
in Associated Press
The Cape Wind offshore wind project is set to begin an extensive survey of the area in Nantucket Sound where they plan to build a 130-turbine wind farm.
The survey begins Friday and continues through early fall. The first step involves acoustic imaging to map the seafloor. Then, sampling will be done ensure no Native American artifacts will be disturbed and to analyze the soil, followed by deeper soil borings.
Cape Wind hopes to begin construction next year and produce power in 2015.
Critic Audra Parker of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound said Cape Wind faces major obstacles before... [continue via Web link]
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