Back to category: Science Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. CAPE WIND ASSOCIATES vs. ALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND CAPE WIND ASSOCIATES vs. ALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND Henry David Thoreau’s book CAPE COD describes the natural beauty of the Cape. Thoreau, if alive today would be enraged because of Cape Wind Associates’ plan to build 130 wind turbines. These turbines would stand 417 feet high on 24 square miles of Horseshoe Shoal (see attachment A) in Nantucket Sound. If approved this wind farm would be the nation’s first and the largest in the world. The average output could provide about 75% of the Cape’s usual electric demand (www.capecodwind.org, visited March 3, 2003). However, the electricity generated would be sold to the New England power grid for all users and not directly benefit Cape Cod residents. The potential developers, Cape Wind Associates, contend that this is “good for Cape Cod” and will create a new source of economic activity and in doing so make the Cape a domestic leader in renewable en... Posted by: Helene Hannah Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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