Cape Wind Final Environmental Impact Statement (1/16/2008)

Cape Wind Associates, LLC, has proposed to construct a wind park on Horseshoe Shoals in Nantucket Sound, approximately 4.7 miles offshore Massachusetts. The wind facility would consist of 130 3.6 megawatt wind turbine generators covering 24 square miles in Federal waters. With an expected capacity to produce about 468 megawatts, the average anticipated production from the proposed wind facility could provide approximately 75 percent of the electricity demand for Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. On January 16, 2008 the MMS announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Cape Wind Energy Project. The FEIS assesses the physical, biological and social/human impacts of the proposed project and all reasonable alternatives, including a no-action alternative (i.e., the project is not built), and proposed mitigation. The objective analysis is conducted to determine if the proposal is environmentally sound.