Feds approve Cape Wind Project: Construction to begin soon

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First offshore U.S. wind farm construction starts soon

BOSTON | Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:09pm EDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - After years of delay, construction of what is expected to be the first U.S. offshore wind farm, located off Massachusetts' picturesque Nantucket Sound, could begin as early as this fall.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said on Tuesday the federal government has approved a construction and operations plan submitted for the Cape Wind Energy Project.

"The department has taken extraordinary steps to fully evaluate Cape Wind's potential impacts on environmental and cultural resources of Nantucket Sound," Salazar said during a visit to Boston.
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The project, which is being developed by Energy Management Inc, calls for 130 wind turbine generators, each with a maximum blade height of 440 feet, to be arranged in a grid pattern several miles off shore. German conglomerate Siemens AG will provide the turbines. Construction could begin as early as the fall, the Interior Department said.

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1. great news!