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Chelsea plant adds fuel to wind farm debate
Cape Wind has been battling for years to build a clean-energy wind farm on Nantucket Sound. Now its parent company, Energy Management Inc., has announced plans to construct a fossil fuel burning power plant along the Chelsea Creek, 250 yards from a Chelsea elementary school complex that serves 2,000 students. The plant would be used as a backup system, ready to quickly provide additional energy if needed during times of peak demand.
July 20, 2006
by Joe Burns
in The Upper Cape Codder
Will that be smoking or non-smoking?
Cape Wind has been battling for years to build a clean-energy wind farm on Nantucket Sound. Now its parent company, Energy Management Inc., has announced plans to construct a fossil fuel burning power plant along the Chelsea Creek, 250 yards from a Chelsea elementary school complex that serves 2,000 students. The plant would be used as a backup system, ready to quickly provide additional energy if needed during times of peak demand.
The news has some folks ready to label EMI an energy prostitute, willing to build whatever will turn a profit.... [continue via Web link]
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