The ruling was a victory for the Osage Nation, and the company estimated that complying with the order to tear down the turbines would cost nearly $260 million. According to
Since the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts went into high gear, a group of Cape residents say their concerns about potential harm to the environment and public health have been dismissed and ridiculed. So, they held a summit. On Saturday, more than 300 people crowded into a meeting room at the Hyport Conference Center in Hyannis to hear speakers — from Cape Cod, Maine, Rhode Island and Virginia — who addressed many of the residents' concerns.
‘What keeps me up at night is that government red tape combined with NIMBY – that’s ‘not in my backyard’. Opposition will get in the way, government needs to get out of the way and let the private sector build clean energy.’ – Rich Powell
Climate innovation leader Rich Powell explores
The nation’s first large-scale offshore wind farm started spinning its blades on January 2nd. The wind project, known as Vineyard Wind 1, began operations near Martha’s Vineyard 15.