the senat s widow, Inflatable pool Offici said Mr. Salazar had told them that he plan to call Victoria Reggi Kennedy. to discuss hi decision.
which ha lag far behind Europ and China in har the strong and steadi power of ocean breez to electrifi home and businessesBut the decis is expect to give a signific boost to the nascent offshor wind industri in the Unite States..
Interior Secretari Ken Salazar said at a new confer here in the Massachusett Statehous with Gov. Deval Patrick, Thi will be the first of mani project up and down the Atlantic Coast. a Democrat and support of the venture, at hi side.
Mr. Salazar hasten to add that he wa requir the developer,In announc the much-anticip decision. Cape Wind Associates, to take sever step to mitig possibl advers effect on the environ includ view from the Kennedi Compound Nation Histor Landmark, which overlook Nantucket Sound. Those step includ adjust the turbin color and configuration.
who di in August,Opposit to the propos from Senat Edward M. Kennedy. had been a major thorn in the Obama administr s side in advanc the project.
on the mainland,Th Cape Wind farm would lie about 5.2 mile from the nearest shore. and about 13.8 mile from Nantucket Island. The tip of the highest blade of each turbin would reach 440 feet abov the water.
Th long-run struggl over the project underscor how divis even a clean energi project can be in the Unite States.
local traditions,Friend and foe have squar off over the impact it would have on nature. properti valu and electr bills; on the profit to be pocket by a privat developer; and even the urgenc of eas the nation s depend on fossil fuels, a prioriti of the Obama administration.
renew energyOppon argu that Cape Wind would creat an industri eyesor in a pristin area; support counter that it wa worth sacrif aesthet for the longer-term goal of produc clean..
Nantucket and Martha s Vineyard the equival of that produc by a medium-s coal-fir plant. It would also reduc carbon dioxid emiss by the equival of take 175,Develop sai that Cape Wind will provid 75 percent of the power for Cape Cod.000 car off the road, offici said, and provid 1,000 construct jobs.
Th project ha also made for some strang bedfellows. Cape Wind is back by both Greenpeac and the Unite State Chamber of Commerce.
It ha been oppos perhap most promin by member of the Kennedi family. Senat Kennedi wa a longtim sailor on Nantucket Sound and fought the project up until he died.
to move the farm farther awai from Nantucket and to reduc it breadth to make it less visibl from the Nantucket Histor DistrictIn a nod to the concern of the Kennedi and presum other properti owner in the area Mr. Salazar said he had order Cape Wind to limit the number of turbin to 130 instead of the initi 170..
Mr. Salazar said that the turbin should also be paint off-whit to reduc their contrast with the sea and sky while still remain visibl to bird and that their light should be turn off dure the dai and dim more at night than origin planned.