17 Facts About Cape Wind

Cape Wind Project was a proposed offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States.

Cape Wind had arranged to borrow $2 billion from The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Siemens had agreed to supply turbines for the project.

Cape Wind's developer was Energy Management Inc, a New England-based energy company with 35 years of experience in energy conservation and energy development.

Cape Wind was being assisted by Woods Hole Group, K2 Management, SgurrEnergy, AWS Truepower, and PMSS.

The Cape Wind proposal was distinct in that it was envisioned to directly offset petroleum combustion, unlike most of the United States where electrical power generation from oil is rare and power from coal, natural gas and nuclear is more common.

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On 22 May 2009, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board issued a "Super Permit" to Cape Wind, overriding the Cape Cod Commission and obviating the need for further state and local approvals.

At the federal level, Cape Wind originally applied for a permit in 2001 under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 with the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Whereas Cape Wind had expected to obtain approval quickly from the Army Corps, this transfer of authority to the MMS delayed the project.

Cape Wind agreed to fix the base's system to ensure that it would not be affected by the wind farm.

On 15 August 15 2012 Cape Wind again received full approval from the FAA, which determined that the wind farm would cause no danger to aircraft operations.

However Cape Wind had begun its planning, even without full federal approval.

On 7 January 2011, Cape Wind announced it had received permits from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Controversy surrounding Cape Wind had been focused on its proposed location in Nantucket Sound.

Cape Wind was an issue in the 2006 election for Governor of Massachusetts.

William Koch, who opposed the Cape Wind project, was a major contributor to Romney's Presidential election, donating a record two million dollars.

Feature-length documentary about the Cape Wind project, entitled Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle, had pre-release screenings in the summer of 2011.

In 2014, the Republican side of the House voted to block a $150 million loan guarantee for Cape Wind, acknowledging that the block was narrowly targeted.