Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:41:22 -0400 http://capewind.org/ Cape Wind News en-us http://capewind.org/images/logo.gif http://capewind.org/ nate@ecape.com http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1132 ...While David and Charles Koch, as detailed in the New Yorker article, have focused their spending on nurturing “Americans for Prosperity” and similar national efforts their brother William Koch has been focused on local denial – heavily funding lobbying against the Cape Wind project which he apparently feels would damage the view from his vacation home. But the Koch agendas are now converging as “Americans for Prosperity” levels a volley at an effort by the governor of New Jersey, a Republican who is generally regarded as conservative, for using RGGI funds to support offshore wind farm development. Perhaps this is a result of the reconciliation between these brothers now that they have settled their infamous feud.Ultimately, though this is about people who have made a lot of money from the current system of generating energy from fossil fuels fighting the future. Not only are they tossing all of us, including their own families, under the bus of a dangerously changing climate but they are fighting against efforts like wind farms that generate stability in energy prices (something their fossil products simply can’t deliver) and programs like energy efficiency investments that generate real jobs and prosperity. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:41:22 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1131 BOSTON, MA -- "The SJC's decision brings to a close ten years of state and local permitting for this landmark clean energy project", said David Rosenzweig, Cape Wind's attorney in these proceedings."This important decision brings Cape Wind's benefits of hundreds of new jobs, greater energy independence and a healthier environment that much closer to the people of Massachusetts. The court was right to say no to the delay tactics of the oil- and coal-funded opposition group which brought this lawsuit", Mark Rodgers, Cape Wind Communications Director, added.### Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:34 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1130 ...Now that gas prices are down, the high capital costs of anchoring huge turbine towers in Nantucket Sound make Cape Wind less of a bargain — in the short term. In the longer term, consumers will get a power source with zero fuel costs, a welcome hedge against the unpredictable fluctuations of natural gas prices. And as high as fossil-fuel prices can go, they still don’t reflect the health and environmental costs of their production or their emissions, a lesson the country just re-learned with a vengeance in the Gulf of Mexico. Critics of the contract between National Grid and Cape Wind frequently blast it as a no-bid deal. In fact, National Grid did consider alternative ways to meet its state-mandated requirement to derive more of its power from renewable sources. But it chose Cape Wind over competing smaller projects, including land-based wind, solar, and biomass. The Legislature has mandated greater use of renewables both to reduce the Commonwealth’s carbon footprint and to give a boost to state and regional clean-energy companies. Last week’s announcement that a wind-turbine blade maker will open a plant in Fall River illustrates the potential. With energy policy in the country as a whole paralyzed by congressional stalemate, Massachusetts at least has a chance to make itself a leader in clean-energy industries. That includes high-tech batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, cellulosic ethanol, and — since the Northeast is the Saudi Arabia of wind — wind energy. Calculating that dividend from the National Grid/Cape Wind deal might not be within the purview of the DPU, but it is a major reason why the project continues to deserve the Commonwealth’s support. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:40:05 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1129 Gordon van Welie, president and chief executive of Independent System Operator New England, which runs the region’s electricity grid, has some good advice for New England state governments and business: Cooperate to greatly expand the region’s supply of renewable energy....as Mr. van Welie says, it makes most sense for New England to develop much more of its own power. In addition to wind, that means solar, tidal, wave and other renewables. We will need it to meet the growing demands of business and individuals in an increasingly electricity-dependent, high-tech economy. Gotta keep those computers and air conditioners purring. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:05:55 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1128 AFTER NEARLY 10 years of intense technical review, Cape Wind has received government permitting from an endless array of local, state, and federal agencies. Now the only question is whether it is cost effective. The answer is a resounding yes. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:53:28 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1127 Attorney General Martha Coakley yesterday urged state regulators to approve National Grid’s contract to purchase electricity from the offshore energy project Cape Wind, after she got the two companies to agree to a nearly 10 percent reduction in the price of the wind power....The altered deal, which Coakley described as “in the public interest,’’ still needs to be approved by the Department of Public Utilities.Under the revised contract, National Grid electricity customers who use an average of 600 kilowatt hours of power a month would pay just under $1.50 more on their electric bills in 2013, when the contract begins, according to estimates provided by the utility. That’s about 40 cents less than what the original contract would have cost. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:09:45 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1126 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:03:49 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1125 July 30, 2010 Falmouth Enterprise article, reprinted in its entirety here, with permission. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:54:50 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1124 July 30, 2010 Statement of Cape Wind President Jim Gordon on the Settlement Agreement with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on the National Grid Power Purchase Agreement:“We are pleased that the Attorney General and the Department of Energy Resources have now joined with Cape Wind and National Grid to support the approval of the Power Purchase Agreement for America’s first offshore wind farm. The parties constructively engaged to further the objective of delivering renewable energy, hundreds of green jobs and environmental benefits to the region.“With today’s agreement in principle, Attorney General Martha Coakley and Secretary Ian Bowles have helped put Massachusetts on a path to global leadership in offshore renewable energy and a transition to a better energy future.” Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:43:25 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1123 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:20:18 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1122 Here's an irony for you: The same ocean breezes that are pushing oil onto the beaches and wetlands of the Gulf of Mexico could be helping to power our country and reduce our dependence on those very fossil fuels. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:16:00 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1120 Click here to view Boston Globe video interviews of business leaders discussing Cape Wind at a Progressive Business Leaders Network event Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:53:07 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1119 On the same day the federal government was sued for its opinion that the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm will not hurt endangered species, New England's largest conservation organization released its most emphatic statement to date backing the project.Massachusetts Audubon Society, which has long voiced conditional support for Cape Wind's plan to build 130 wind turbines in the Sound, announced Friday that the government and the project's developer have met a call the society issued in 2006 for more environmental data before the project is built. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:21:57 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1118 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:15:51 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1117 ...Bridgewater residents and business owners who spoke to a Times reporter before yesterday's hearing said the premium cost of Cape Wind electricity would be acceptable if it led to more stable prices in the long term and less dependency on oil."That would be worth it, as long as the fee is minimal," said Frank Doyle, as he waited for an order at Cape Cod Cafe on Winter Street.  Doyle, who is a National Grid customer and said he did not feel strongly one way or the other about climate change, argued that the stable rates Cape Wind could provide over the long term make the project desirable."It's supposed to be good for the environment," said Scott Bena, owner of Yankee Clipper Barber Shop on Broad Street.  Bena said he pays about $50 a month to keep the lights on in his small shop and about $200 for his home, and he wouldn't mind paying a few dollars more a month for energy from Cape Wind. Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:10:58 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1116 Wind energy along Atlantic seaboard won't need long, expensive transmission lines to supply cities with electric power WASHINGTON—If Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s proposed advances for siting offshore windmills are as sleek, transparent and finely tuned as promised, then Cape Wind in Massachusetts won’t be a solo act for too long. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:39:06 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1114 Editorial from Boston Business Journal (May 21-May 27, 2010) He's nine years into a regulatory odyssey. His project has been ambushed by political forces near and far.  But the rest of the country has finally caught up to Jim Gordon, CEO of Cape Wind, who had the temerity (and more importantly, the resources) to propose putting 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound. Now he has half of his power sold to National Grid, and construction of the wind farm may begin as soon as the end of the year. This is very good news for Massachusetts and the nation. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:25:51 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1113 Memo to Cape Wind foes: Enough already The arguments have been studied, debated, and finally decided. There's only one thing left to do: Move on. Mon, 24 May 2010 05:08:10 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1112 Statement from Cape Wind Communications Director Mark Rodgers on the FAA Determination of No Hazard"We are pleased the FAA has approved Cape Wind so that we can get to work on building America's first offshore wind farm that will create jobs, increase energy independence and contribute to a healthier environment. Cape Wind will provide the FAA with the funds they need to modernize and enhance their radar facility at Otis Air Force Base." Mon, 17 May 2010 18:30:48 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1111 Click here to view the BBC World segment on Cape Wind that aired worldwide on May 14, 2010 Sun, 16 May 2010 08:13:53 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1110 *Coalition of Labor, Business, Health & Environmental Organizations    *Vineyard Gazette Editorial    *Boston Globe Editorial    *Fall River Herald Editorial    *Progressive Leaders Buiness Network   *Conservation Law Foundation    *Union of Concerned Scientists    *Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)     Thu, 13 May 2010 11:14:09 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1109 My alarm clock is set to NPR and this morning I woke up to a series of two stories that gave me reason to pause. One was about the broken natural gas pipeline leaking five times more fossil fuel into the Gulf of Mexico than initially estimated. The other was about the approval of a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod. Tue, 11 May 2010 18:50:07 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1107 *Vineyard Gazettte    *Cape Cod Times    *Reuters    *New England Cable News Mon, 10 May 2010 12:36:46 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1106 Click here to view National Grid's press release which contains a quote from Cape Wind President Jim Gordon Click here to view Cape Wind's Fact Sheet on the long term power purchase contract Fri, 07 May 2010 13:22:46 -0400 http://capewind.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1105 Two Boston Globe articles May 7 anticipating a power purchase contract between National Grid and Cape Wind: Click here to read, "Cape Wind project could boost prices But costs are unlikely to increase as much as opponents feared" Click here to read, "Natural gas prices vary widely" Fri, 07 May 2010 13:17:50 -0400