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Cape Wind seals turbine deal – Trying to pass it off as “construction” Using your money to destroy Nantucket Sound.
Just days before an important deadline to qualify for crucial federal tax credits, Cape Wind has signed a deal with Siemens to build the project’s turbines and an electric service platform to convert its power for transmission. The contract formalizes an announcement three years ago that Siemens would build the 3.6-megawatt turbines for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm but does little to mollify critics of the project, who argue it’s a desperate attempt to qualify for the tax incentives. Read more@capecodonline 08:57
First dose of Bull Bleep today: Cape Wind: Construction has begun – (Hey Stu! Manufacturing is not constructing! Until that first mono tube is driven,,,)
Construction has begun on the long-delayed Cape Wind project, according to a high-ranking executive with the company chosen to supply the turbines. But exactly what that means — whether it will qualify the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm for federal tax credits and whether the project will survive a slew of outstanding legal and financial challenges — is unclear. Markus Tacke, CEO of Siemens Energy’s wind power division, told Bloomberg News that construction on some of the components for the project has begun. more@southcoasttoday 08:19
Nat Geo Shill’s for Cape Wind. They don’t mention the impact on fisheries. They foolishly believe it’s an aesthetics issue!
By now, 130 turbines were supposed to be turning above the shallow area of Nantucket Sound known as Horseshoe Shoal. But nothing is there to capture the power of December’s winds, except perhaps for the wings of the long-tailed ducks that winter around Cape Cod. On this side of the Atlantic, Cape Wind’s most vocal opponents included the late Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his nephew, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. From the opposite side of the political spectrum, billionaire businessman and Cape Cod denizen and yachtsman William Koch continues the battle, more@natgeowindshill 18:15
Cape Wind project faces Dec. 31 deadline
BOSTON (AP) — As it seeks investors, a project off the Massachusetts coast that aims to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm must reach fast-approaching benchmarks or risk missing out on hundreds of millions in critical funding. To qualify for a tax credit that would cover a major portion of its capital costs, Cape Wind either must begin construction by Dec. 31 or prove it’s incurred tens of millions of dollars in costs by then. Also, a $200 million investment — the only one of a specific dollar amount Cape Wind has announced — is conditioned on whether developers can fully finance the rest of the project by year’s end. more@bostonglobe 20:35
Is Cape Wind on it’s last legs, gasping for breath? Or will it continue threatening our fishing grounds?
Cape Wind project on last legs? Massachusetts’ electric utilities strike deal to buy wind power produced out-of-state – Video 13:57
Barbara Durkin – Offshore Wind Nothing But Hot Air
The fishing industry representatives with whom I collaborate with and hear at public hearings are outraged about the loss of fishing grounds and essential fish habitat to wind developers. Neither the feds nor state worked with fishing industry reps, they steamrolled them.* Politics drive the wind initiative. more@ocori 10:51
Big Projects, Money at Offshore Wind Conference – Plenty of wind shills, political puppet opportunists, bureaucrats, and self-described stake holders in the ocean zoning gold rush. link
Letter: Cape Wind not worth the price – The total capacity of land-based wind power coming under contract in 2013 is nearly twice what was promised by Cape Wind. The price per kWh is less than half the price from Cape Wind. If Cape Wind had built its offshore wind farm at the cost projected in 2001, it too could sell renewable energy at a fair price. link 14:55
Ocean Zoning Grab: Cape Wind seeking government help to secure financing – video
Cape Wind has yet to announce it has lined up financing to pay for the massive project they are proposing to build in Nantucket Sound, a delay that has critics hopeful the project will never get off the ground. Cape Wind for its part isn’t saying anything, but public records obtained by FOX Undercover show the would-be wind farm builders are asking the federal government for help in the way of a loan guarantee they need to help get loans. more@myfoxboston 14:08
Cape Wind at our backs? We can only hope
The Cape Wind saga got a little more interesting — not to mention problematic — this week with the announcement of an alternative mega-deal involving the purchase of far lower cost wind energy by six Massachusetts utilities from wind developers in New Hampshire and Maine. more@bostonherald 08:47
Two companies race to be first in offshore wind that will encroach on our fishing areas. The politicians are just giddy about it!
“Cape Wind and Deepwater Wind are both ‘in the running’ for building America’s first offshore wind farm, we think we will be first and they think they will be first. It is a good-natured ‘competition.’ The reality is we both wish each other well because our success will help them and their success will help us,” Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rodgers said. “We are just in the early stages of launching the U.S. offshore wind industry and at this stage getting ‘steel in the water’ is incredibly important. So no, there is no concern at either company that the other’s moving forward would have any negative effect.” more@southcoasttoday 10:46
President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick are working together to push Cape Wind forward for political advantage.
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For example, a May 3, 2010, FAA PowerPoint presentation to Eastern Service Area Directors includes a slide titled “Political Implications” which states: “The Secretary of the Interior has approved this project. The Administration is under pressure to promote green energy production. It would be very difficult politically to refuse approval of this project.” continued@dailytimes
Mass Fishermen, do you remember when the delegation asked Gov. Patrick to talk to the President? He did! About Cape Wind!!
Nantucket Sound is home to several species of endangered and protected birds and marine mammals and has been designated an Essential Fish Habitat. Cape Wind’s construction and operations would threaten this rich and fragile environment· Located in an area with more than 200 days of fog per year and quickly changing weather, Cape Wind would create significant navigational hazards for thousands of commercial and,,, For example, a June 24, 2011, email (acquired through APNS FOIA requests) describes a request by the White House to include Cape Wind in an economic briefing for the President on the loan guarantee program: “The WH was very direct about what should be included in the slides so we don’t have much flexibility.” The email specifically stated that the White House wanted: “1 slide on status of Cape Wind (because he [the President] has heard from Gov. Patrick a few times – they are close friends).”
Cape Wind opponents sue Coast Guard saying the agency failed to respond to a request for public records as required by law.
Mark Rodgers, spokesman for Cape Wind, called the alliance’s most recent lawsuit a “desperate publicity stunt.” continued@southcoasttoday
Fishermen, read this very carefully. Offshore wind is cutting edge – Hannah C. Wood is project coordinator of Cape Wind in Boston.
Cape Wind will help lead the development of a new sustainable industry for Cape Cod and the Islands. The commonwealth of Massachusetts has identified a site south of the Islands that could fit 10 projects the size of Cape Wind. Development of this site would lead to the creation of thousands of new jobs. (where do you fit in? YOU DON”T!) continued
New Bedford – Wind energy blows into town
So everyone is excited, yes? Maybe not. We noticed that there were very few people from the fishing industry in the gathering, and none among the speakers. Seafood consultant Jim Kendall, who shows up at all of the meetings of whatever it is, is among those concerned that fishermen will be kept away from wind turbine farms. One is, while fishermen here are being told that they will be allowed to use trawlers, in Denmark only net fishing will be allowed, not trawling. That’s a red flag for Kendall, who said he suspects there will be similar rules here regardless of what’s being said now. continued
Letter to the Editor : Cape Wind has pulled the old bait and switch – Paul Hovsepian, Sudbury, Ma.
Cape Cod Times – From your March 11 article “Cape steel deal dead in the water,” it is apparent that Cape Wind has pulled a proverbial bait and switch. continued
Your View: Cape Wind is already a bad deal, by Peter A. Kenney, Yarmouth Ma.
Following the saga of Cape Wind has been nothing if not amusing. Since 1999 when he first hired an engineering firm to survey likely sites in Nantucket Sound, Boston energy developer Jim Gordon has been dogged in his pursuit of profit. Make no mistake, for Jim Gordon, Cape Wind is about the biggest score of his already rich life. If achieving his goal means making claims about environmental motives or even about saving electric ratepayers money, so be it. Whether such claims can be proved is another matter. continued
From the Moderator – Tying thing’s together.
Some things are bugging me about the ENGO claims of habitat destruction by fishermen. The claim that opening closed area’s to fishing will nuke habitat. But who is making those claims? The same ones that are championing habitat Armageddon via Cape Wind. A few issues are tied together with the help from my friends. It can be read here.
Noise Pollution from an Ocean Idustrialization Shill
Mass. delegation pushes for Energy Dept. loan for Cape Wind
The entire Massachusetts congressional delegation has written a letter urging the Department of Energy to act quickly on Cape Wind’s loan guarantee application so that the first off-shore wind farm in the country can move forward. continued
Well, what’s it gonna be? Commercial fishing? Or a big gawd damned junk pile loaded with habitat destruction?! It’s one or the other. The phoniest people on this planet are environmentalists and politicians. Neither one of ’em produce a damned thing. Read the comments at the Herald. Not one in support of this fishing destruction boondoggle.
Letter to the Editor: Pull the plug on Cape Wind project – Deke Ulian, Mashpee
All of this should ring a bell in New Bedford, where political leaders flocked to the waterfront to announce that Cape Wind would bring hundreds of jobs to the state-renovated pier where it would be staging its project. Even as that $100-milliion-plus taxpayer-funded renovation was being planned, Cape Wind was meeting with Rhode Island officials about a Quonset Point staging area instead. Read the letter
Letter to the Editor – Oil sheiks must celebrate our offshore wind fixation – James H. Bodurtha, Cotuit, Ma.
We have an opportunity to be energy independent in five to seven years, but instead of using our resources to further environmentally safe production of natural gas, coal gasification, solar energy and onshore wind sited in unobtrusive locations, we find our citizens and some legislators being hoodwinked by Cape Wind into supporting the most expensive possible offshore wind boondoggle. continue
Proponents blitz federal energy department in support of Cape Wind project
Offshore wind energy supporters blitzed the U.S. Department of Energy earlier this week with comments aimed at pushing the agency into giving the $2.6 billion Cape Wind project a loan guarantee. The public comment period for the guarantee closed March 11, the day supporters sent the DOE their comments. continue
Cape Wind faces political push back
In what has become a familiar exchange over the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, federal lawmakers from outside of Massachusetts are once again pressuring President Barack Obama’s administration for information on his support for the project. Read more here
Cape Wind hopes loan not blown
“This is another huge waste of taxpayer dollars for a project that will never get built,” said Audra Parker, head of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, who cited ongoing appeals and lawsuits still dogging the project that’s been in the works since 2001. The estimated $2.6 billion project is still targeting a construction start by the end of this year. Rodgers declined to describe Cape Wind’s success in securing private financing. Read more here
Cape Wind considers R.I. for staging area
Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island has met with officials of the Cape Wind offshore wind project planned for Massachusetts about possibly using Rhode,,,,,,,,There’s plenty of time. This ocean destroyer will not be built. All the greenheads that think this is eco friendly had better rethink as the ripping and gouging that WILL occur to put this big pile of industrial junk in the ocean habitat they claim to care about WILL destroy it. I realize Chris Matthews was ecstatic for Hurricane Sandy, but when something like that rips through the foolishness of the ENRON leftover Cape Wind? Think about it. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/11/10/cape-wind-considers-for-staging-area/QjTINFMJoaqJ7MQEMF7s1J/story.html?comments=all#readerComm
Who is this stooge, and why does he want to destroy the fishing grounds of the East Coast?
Public comments? I just made mine in the title.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is requesting public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) for an area in federal waters off Massachusetts where commercial wind energy development would take place.
“Responsible development of abundant wind energy in places like offshore Massachusetts is a key part of the Obama Administration’s all of the above energy strategy,” says BOEM Director Tommy P. Beaudreau. “At the same time, we must ensure that the potential effects of wind energy development on other resources, such as marine mammals and fishing, are closely analyzed and that appropriate protections are put in place,” he adds.
And allow me to add Tommy, you’re fulla shit! Appropriate protections? Keep that junk out of the water. BH http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article326664.ece
Eco-Lawsuit Advances against Cape Wind Risk to Right Whale and other Threatened and Endangered Species Litigated
NOTE. Links will be added as they become available. http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x493268917/Suit-claims-Cape-Wind-violates-endangered-species-law
Hyannis, Mass. (October 10, 2012) – Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound and other conservation groups today filed a brief in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia detailing Cape Wind’s numerous violations of federal protections for threatened and endangered species – including the imperiled North Atlantic right whale, one of the rarest mammals in the world. This suit charges the project violates three key federal laws – the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Other plaintiffs include the Cetacean Society International, Lower Laguna Madre Foundation, Californians for Renewable Energy, and Three Bays Preservation. This is one of five federal lawsuits facing Cape Wind, a massive industrial project proposed to cover 25 square miles of Nantucket Sound with an array of 130 massive turbines – each stretching taller than the Statue of Liberty.
Today’s brief explains how the mega-project poses serious risks to the right whale, four species of federally-protected sea turtles and several species of migratory birds. It also criticizes the lack of oversight and analysis of the impact of Cape Wind on this critical habitat.
Meet John Kassel CLF President / Cape Wind Shill / Advocate of Ocean Destruction, and a crappy blogger, too.
What could be said about Cape Wind?! That depends on your own point of view. Some opinions are based on rhetorical ideology.
Others?
Cold hard facts.
If you are the President of Conservation Law Foundation, rhetorical notions are sufficient.
So much so, that Offshore Wind Advocate John Kassel President, CLF, has been on a advocacy campaign of ocean destruction to decimate what he claims to love.
These values are often associated with places: when we think of America, we think of the icons of America. Yellowstone. Zion. And New England’s very own Acadia National Park. As Americans, preserving these natural treasures is among our proudest accomplishments. Our oceans should be no different. Here, in the Gulf of Maine, we have George’s Bank, Stellwagen Bank, and Cashes Ledge – a spectacular undersea mountain range – where you find steep canyons, deep kelp forests, and vibrant, charismatic marine life. Their beauty and majesty are breathtaking.
The places he describes are the very places we harvest our seafood from. Natures infinite food producing ocean bottom.
All Natural. No Preservatives. With care, a never ending, virtually endless supply of fish and shell fish.
CLF – Why We Need to Fight for Cape Wind. Now. The Koch Brothers! The Koch Brothers! It’s always the fracking Koch Brothers. Dry up, you Ninnys
11 years. That’s how long we’ve been waiting for the promise of Cape Wind: clean, renewable energy; new, green jobs; reduced air emissions and carbon pollution; energy at a predictable price over the long-term; and energy security. At a time when the evidence of global warming is overwhelming, and the need for jobs critical, unleashing the potential of this home-grown offshore wind project can only be a good thing.
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This editorial is not accurate. This project is environmentally irresponsible. How any environmentalist can ignore the damage to the eco system that they crucify fishermen over, is obscene. To ignore the assult of the ocean bottom that will be supported with your short sighted position is revealing. 80% approve? Hogwash. This is an ocean destroying industrial complex.
Lets see if they post it.
The Guest Commentary of Ec Newellman – ”Cape Wind Spokesman Mark Rodgers, “Do you have the tea party in Germany?””
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