AP PHOTO/STEPHAN SAVOIA
SINKING IN
BUREAUCRACY
where from Maine to New Jersey:
Horseshoe Shoal.
The shoal itself was sandy and
shallow — generally less than 45
feet deep — which makes anchoring the turbines to the seabed
easier, and the entirety of the 25
square mile project area, surrounded by the cape to the north,
the islands of Martha’s Vineyard to
the west, and Nantucket Island to
the east, would be protected from
the often punishing, 50-foot swells
of a stormy North Atlantic sea.
HUFFINGTON
03.10.13
Sending the power generated by
the giant turbines back to shore
would be a relatively simple affair
via undersea cables, and unlike the
multiplying land-based turbines in
the windy midsection of the country from West Texas to Nebraska
and the Dakotas, Cape Wind
would be comparatively close to
the power-hungry metropolitan
areas of the Northeast — another
advantage, supporters noted. All
of the turbines would also be at
least five miles away from coastal
properties — a sufficient distance,
the developers had hoped, to avoid
undue imposition on residents and
Mark Rodgers,
communications director
for Cape
Wind, stands
on a beach
6.5 miles
away from the
patch of water
where 130
wind turbines
would be built.