Friday, April 30th, 2010

Cape Wind Project Moves Forward

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How would you describe the size of a wind turbine? There's no right answer. Turbines come in different varieties tuned for different uses. Compare the 256-foot-tall Gamesa G87 turbines, found at Bear Creek Wind Park in Penn., with the mini turbines developed by Bergey Windpower in Norman, Okla. The scale of both may surprise you. (Credits: filmed and produced by flora lichtman and annette heist) Viewed 21835 times. See More Videos

This week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved the long-embattled Cape Wind offshore wind power project. The approval means that Cape Wind Associates can proceed with their plans to build a 130-turbine, 420-megawatt wind farm 5 miles off the Nantucket shoreline. Opponents of the project, citing everything from aesthetic concerns to the potential presence of ancient Native American burial grounds, have vowed to fight the project in the courts. We'll talk about the decision, and what it means for other renewable power projects in the country.