Ted Kennedy must be spinning in his Bourbon soaked grave after all those years of stalling it
After nine years of regulatory review, the federal government gave the green light Wednesday to the nation’s first offshore wind farm, a highly contested project off the coast of Cape Cod.
The approval of the 130-turbine farm gives a significant boost to the nascent offshore wind industry in the United States, which has lagged far behind Europe and China in harnessing the strong and steady power of ocean breezes to provide electricity to homes and businesses.
With Gov. Deval Patrick standing beside him, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced at a news conference at the Massachusetts Statehouse that the government had approved a permit for Cape Wind Associates, a private venture, to build the farm.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, whose family compound overlooks Nantucket Sound and who died last year, had opposed the project, saying it was a giveaway to a private developer.
Interesting, Senator Scott Brown is against this, saying it would hinder tourism and boating in the area. I certainly hope that other Republicans do not start opposing this, especially if they oppose it to simply oppose Obama. This is an excellent development, and the perfect place for a wind farm, being a place that will be able to generate approximately “75 percent of the power needs on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket” without the need to clear-cut any land (though, I have seen figures of over 80%).
Humorously, both MyDD and The Political Carnival avoid mentioning the late Ted “Swimmer” Kennedy’s non-stop blocking of the project.
