Cape Cod Commission denies Cape Wind application - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Cape Cod Commission denies Cape Wind application
Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:34am EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Cape Cod Commission in
Massachusetts Thursday denied Cape Wind's application
to bury electric cables needed to connect its proposed
420-megawatt offshore wind farm in the Nantucket Sound
to the state power grid.

Cape Wind said in a release that it would challenge the
Commission decision. The Cape Cod Commission is a local
organization created by the state in 1990 to manage
growth and protect Cape Cod's natural resources.

Sen. Ted Kennedy and many residents who own coastal
property from where they could see the wind turbines on
a clear day oppose the project along with some
environmental groups concerned about disrupting the
patterns of migratory birds and the potential effect
on local sea life.

The project's supporters, who include other environmental
groups, meanwhile claim it would provide renewable energy,
improve air quality, lower electricity costs and increase
the reliability of the power grid.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1930289620071019

[nosmokes]

1. Shortsighted move.

Wind turbines can be outfitted to mitigate the damage to birds.Right now all of the power I get off the grid is from the wind farm by the Columbia Gorge and the bird mortality is negligible.

[tinrobot]

2. Also shortsighted....

...in that, if we don't start installing non-carbon sources of energy like wind turbines, Cape Cod will be underwater.