Cape Wind

2002

January 18, 2002

Nantucket Sound Wind Farm Gets Warm Island Reception

Chris Burrell
Cape Wind
Imagine cutting your electric utility bill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the same time.
 
That’s the sales pitch from a group that wants to build the country’s first offshore wind farm on a 28-acre patch of Nantucket Sound called Horseshoe Shoals, nine miles off the Vineyard and just four miles at its nearest point to the Cape.
 
January 10, 2002

Nantucket Sound Wind Farm Plan Stirs Controversy in Cape and Islands

Julia Wells
Wind farms
Cape Wind

Public opinion is beginning to heat up on the Cape and Islands over a proposal for a private alternative energy project that envisions a giant offshore wind farm anchored across some 28 square miles of Nantucket Sound.

The Martha's Vineyard Commission will host a public hearing on the project on Tuesday, Jan. 15, in the lower level of the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown. The hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.

The purpose of the hearing is to gather public comment, although the commission has no formal jurisdiction over the project.

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