http://media.cleantech.com/1928/cape-winds-latest-hurdle-just-a-breezeCape Wind's latest hurdle just a breeze
By David Ehrlich
Published October 15, 2007 - 9:14am
Opponents of the Cape Wind project may get a small but fleeting victory this week, as the Cape Cod commission is expected to block a permit for the undersea cable needed to connect the wind farm to an onshore substation.
"I don't think it's going to have any substantive impact. We're going to move forward in the permitting of the project," Mark Rodgers, spokesman for Cape Wind Associates, told Cleantech.com.
The proposed 130 turbine project, to be built off the coast of Massachusetts covering about 25 square miles, is expected to be commissioned in 2011.
It has attracted a small, but powerful, stable of opponents, including U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, who has a house on Cape Cod.
Some opponents are worried about the wind farm ruining their view. Cape Wind Associates said from the closest beach on Cape Cod, in clear conditions, the wind turbines will appear one half-inch above the horizon.
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