2010April28: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approves the Cape Wind project, the first wind farm on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The wind turbines are expected to produce enough power to meet 75% of the electricity demand for Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket Island (New York Times, 2010).
Reference: New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/science/earth/29wind.html
Read the Department of the Interior Press Release http://www.doi.gov/news/doinews/Secretary-Salazar-Announces-Approval-of-Cape-Wind-Energy-Project-on-Outer-Continental-Shelf-off-Massachusetts.cfm
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