Monday, July 9, 2012

Wind farms on land grow with few critics

Boston Globe: Despite controversy that has slowed the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound, land-based wind farms are expanding rapidly in the region. One company alone, First Wind Holdings LLC of Boston, has installed enough turbines in the Northeast over the past few years to generate nearly as much power as the long-awaited offshore wind farm. Other companies, too, have developed wind projects in New England states. Driving this growth are technological advances reducing the cost of wind turbines and...

URL: http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2012/07/08/while-cape-wind-debated-land-based-development-wind-power-takes-off/GOQ1U1WEvFocPkOARGNgkO/story.html
Enclosure: http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_960w/Boston/2011-2020/2012/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AP111014050186.jpg

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