THE DEVELOPER BEHIND CAPE WIND, who sought to pioneer offshore wind power in the United States but never managed to shake legal challenges from locals led by billionaire William Koch, has thrown in the towel and decided to move on. Jim Gordon, the president of Cape Wind Associates, notified the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management […]
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Globe throws Cape Wind under bus
The newspaper that once championed Cape Wind threw the project under the bus on Tuesday in an editorial that seemed like it was written by the Baker administration. The Boston Globe likes the broad outlines of the energy legislation approved by the House and Senate on Beacon Hill. Bills passed by the two branches call […]
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The Codcast: The politics of energy, Cape Wind
The Senate’s point person on energy and the developer behind Cape Wind share their concerns in this week’s Codcast about the House energy bill, which calls for the state’s utilities to solicit large amounts of offshore wind power and hydroelectricity from Canada, possibly in tandem with onshore wind or other forms of clean energy. Sen. […]
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Cape Wind is skunk at offshore wind party
Cape Wind, once the darling of the environmental movement, is officially persona non grata on Beacon Hill. House leaders on Monday unveiled their long-awaited energy bill, and crafted it in such a way that Cape Wind would be unable to compete for offshore wind contracts. Only companies that have secured competitively bid leases on the […]
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Appeals court lets Cape Wind case proceed
CAPE WIND, already at death’s door in the wake of decisions by the state’s two largest utilities to terminate their power purchase contracts with the project, absorbed another blow on Monday. The US Court of Appeals ruled that a district court judge erred in dismissing a lawsuit brought by foes of Cape Wind challenging the […]
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Cape Wind developer not giving up
CAPE WIND DEVELOPER Jim Gordon spoke at a rally on behalf of Cape Wind on Saturday and insisted his 14-year quest for a wind farm in Nantucket Sound is not over. “We’re not giving up. We have just begun to fight,” Gordon shouted to the delight of several hundred people of all ages who attended […]
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Cape Wind developer mum on project
THE DEVELOPER OF the troubled Cape Wind project quoted Mark Twain on Wednesday, saying reports of his death are greatly exaggerated. But he had very little to say about efforts to get the project back on track after the state’s two leading utilities terminated their contracts to purchase the wind power. “We’re examining our options […]
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Cape Wind, on life support, deserves better
THE HEADLINES DO NOT look good for the country’s first offshore wind farm. On Jan. 7, National Grid and NSTAR announced that they would be canceling their contracts to buy most of the power from Cape Wind. Since then, the project has been on life support, at best. The lion’s share of Cape Wind’s troubles […]
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Offshore leases attract little interest
AN AUCTION FOR potential wind farm parcels off the coast of Massachusetts drew little interest on Thursday, as two firms submitted low bids for two areas and no bids were placed on the other two up for lease. The US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded one lease to RES Americas Development, […]
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New Bedford facing Cape Wind fallout
THE BLOW DELIVERED by National Grid and NStar to Cape Wind extends to New Bedford’s Marine Commerce Terminal that would have served as the major staging area for construction of the wind farm. “It’s a major setback for offshore wind and what was expected to be a key source of work for the terminal,” said […]