NANTUCKET SOUND CONSIDERS WORLD'S LARGEST WIND FARM

["John Jacobus" <jenday1@MSN.COM>]

I saw this posting on another list server and thought it might be of

interest, since wind power was discussed in the past.  Has anyone else heard

about this?

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD 20715-2024

jenday1@email.msn.com (H)



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  NANTUCKET SOUND CONSIDERS WORLD'S LARGEST WIND FARM

  Wind-power proponents are lobbying for a wind-power facility in

Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts. On windy days, some

170 turbines could generate about half of the energy requirements for

Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, according

to a New York Times report. Brian Braginton-Smith, James S. Gordon and

Brian Caffyn, partners in Cape Wind Associates, hope that the 'wind

farm' will produce clean electricity. But critics worry that the

turbines would disturb birds and harm fisheries, and perhaps

discourage tourists. Other wind farms exist across the country and in

Europe, but none approach the size of the one proposed. "We've really

only just begun what's going to be a long, thorough and comprehensive

permitting review," said Mark Rodgers, a Cape Wind spokesman.

Opponents promise a fight. Among them is Wayne Kurker, president of

Hyannis Marina. "A good portion of us who migrated to Cape Cod came to

enjoy Nantucket Sound," he said. "And if Nantucket Sound becomes an

industrial, electrical generation area, then it's no longer the

national treasure that people currently feel it is. We look at this as

our wilderness, our national park."



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