Cape WindStories about the effort to get a wind farm in Nantucket Sound. With Cape Wind Faltering, New Bedford's Future As Offshore Wind Hub UncertainNew Bedford's $113 million marine commercial terminal was supposed to stage the assembly of Cape Wind turbines. But Cape Wind terminated its lease contract following a series of setbacks. ResumeLocal Coverage05:17Apr 6, 2015Cape Wind Dealt Setback As 2 Utilities End Power ContractsNational Grid and NStar terminated their contracts to buy power from the long-debated proposed wind farm, saying project managers had missed a crucial deadline.Local CoverageJan 7, 2015Cape Wind On Path To Getting $150M Loan Guarantee From U.S.The Department of Energy has made a conditional commitment for a $150 million loan guarantee for the proposed Cape Wind energy project, off the coast of Cape Cod.Local CoverageJul 1, 2014Cape Wind Faces New Federal LawsuitThe suit alleges the state discriminated against out-of-state power companies with lower costs by pressuring NSTAR to buy power from an in-state company, Cape Wind. Local CoverageJan 21, 2014State OKs Cape Wind, NStar Power DealUnder the agreement, NStar will buy 27.5 percent of the output of the offshore wind facility.Local CoverageNov 26, 2012AdvertisementCape Wind Moving Headquarters To FalmouthThe purchase of East Marine in Falmouth Harbor will ultimately lead to 50 permanent jobs, according to Cape Wind.Local CoverageAug 23, 2012FAA Gives Cape Wind Project Key ClearanceThe FAA said that after an aeronautical study, it had determined the project's 130 turbines wouldn't endanger local air traffic.Local CoverageAug 15, 2012Mass. Fishermen Drop Suit Aimed At Cape WindAn attorney for the fishermen said it has become obvious that collaborating with Cape Wind would be more productive than lengthy litigation.Local CoverageJun 27, 2012Cape Wind Energy Buy Part Of NStar Merger DealNStar will purchase more than a quarter of the power expected to be generated by Cape Wind as part of an agreement to facilitate the merger between the company and...ResumeLocal Coverage02:32Feb 15, 2012SJC Confirms Cape Wind-National Grid Power DealThe state's highest court has upheld a deal in which the electric utility National Grid agreed to buy power from the planned Cape Wind offshore wind farm.Local CoverageDec 28, 2011Appeals Court Overturns Key Cape Wind ClearanceA federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Aviation Administration's ruling that the Cape Wind project's turbines present "no hazard" to aviation, overturning a vital clearance for the nation's...Local CoverageOct 28, 2011Merger May Impact Cape Wind State regulators are moving to ensure that the merger of NStar and Northeast Utilities does not affect the state's clean energy goals.Local CoverageSep 25, 2011Salazar's Backing Gives Cape Wind MomentumU.S. Interior Secretary Salazar has given Cape Wind final approval. But several opposition groups continue to oppose the wind energy project on Nantucket Sound.ResumeLocal Coverage01:59Apr 20, 2011Feds OK Building Plan For Cape WindA federal agency approved a construction and operations plan for the Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast, clearing the way for work to begin on America's first offshore wind...Local CoverageApr 19, 2011Big Mass. Utility Signs Deals, Bypasses Cape WindThe second-largest utility in Massachusetts has agreed to buy electricity from three wind power companies to help it meet renewable power mandates, but it won't be buying from a high-profile...Local CoverageFeb 22, 2011Feds Eyeing More Wind Farms Off Mass. CoastlineThe Obama administration is eyeing the development of more commercial wind farms off the Massachusetts coast even before construction has begun on the Cape Wind project.Local CoverageDec 28, 2010Mass. Business Group Challenges Cape Wind DealA Massachusetts business group is asking the state's highest court to set aside state approval of the power-purchase deal between the Cape Wind project and utility National Grid.Local CoverageDec 13, 2010Interior Secretary, Cape Wind Sign 28-Year LeaseThe wind farm is licensed to build 130 turbines that would generate enough power to meet 75 percent of the energy needs for Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket...Local CoverageOct 6, 2010Supporters, Opponents Make Final Cape Wind CaseAfter a decade of heated debate, legal battles and court decisions, Cape Wind's proponents are facing their final regulatory hurdle. If they’re successful, construction would begin on the nation’s first...ResumeLocal Coverage05:07Sep 28, 2010Mass. Court Rejects Challenge To Cape Wind PermitThe Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday backed a 2009 decision by the state Energy Facilities Siting Board to grant the Cape Wind project permission to build power transmission lines through...Local CoverageAug 31, 2010Next Page
With Cape Wind Faltering, New Bedford's Future As Offshore Wind Hub UncertainNew Bedford's $113 million marine commercial terminal was supposed to stage the assembly of Cape Wind turbines. But Cape Wind terminated its lease contract following a series of setbacks. ResumeLocal Coverage05:17Apr 6, 2015
Cape Wind Dealt Setback As 2 Utilities End Power ContractsNational Grid and NStar terminated their contracts to buy power from the long-debated proposed wind farm, saying project managers had missed a crucial deadline.Local CoverageJan 7, 2015
Cape Wind On Path To Getting $150M Loan Guarantee From U.S.The Department of Energy has made a conditional commitment for a $150 million loan guarantee for the proposed Cape Wind energy project, off the coast of Cape Cod.Local CoverageJul 1, 2014
Cape Wind Faces New Federal LawsuitThe suit alleges the state discriminated against out-of-state power companies with lower costs by pressuring NSTAR to buy power from an in-state company, Cape Wind. Local CoverageJan 21, 2014
State OKs Cape Wind, NStar Power DealUnder the agreement, NStar will buy 27.5 percent of the output of the offshore wind facility.Local CoverageNov 26, 2012
Cape Wind Moving Headquarters To FalmouthThe purchase of East Marine in Falmouth Harbor will ultimately lead to 50 permanent jobs, according to Cape Wind.Local CoverageAug 23, 2012
FAA Gives Cape Wind Project Key ClearanceThe FAA said that after an aeronautical study, it had determined the project's 130 turbines wouldn't endanger local air traffic.Local CoverageAug 15, 2012
Mass. Fishermen Drop Suit Aimed At Cape WindAn attorney for the fishermen said it has become obvious that collaborating with Cape Wind would be more productive than lengthy litigation.Local CoverageJun 27, 2012
Cape Wind Energy Buy Part Of NStar Merger DealNStar will purchase more than a quarter of the power expected to be generated by Cape Wind as part of an agreement to facilitate the merger between the company and...ResumeLocal Coverage02:32Feb 15, 2012
SJC Confirms Cape Wind-National Grid Power DealThe state's highest court has upheld a deal in which the electric utility National Grid agreed to buy power from the planned Cape Wind offshore wind farm.Local CoverageDec 28, 2011
Appeals Court Overturns Key Cape Wind ClearanceA federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Aviation Administration's ruling that the Cape Wind project's turbines present "no hazard" to aviation, overturning a vital clearance for the nation's...Local CoverageOct 28, 2011
Merger May Impact Cape Wind State regulators are moving to ensure that the merger of NStar and Northeast Utilities does not affect the state's clean energy goals.Local CoverageSep 25, 2011
Salazar's Backing Gives Cape Wind MomentumU.S. Interior Secretary Salazar has given Cape Wind final approval. But several opposition groups continue to oppose the wind energy project on Nantucket Sound.ResumeLocal Coverage01:59Apr 20, 2011
Feds OK Building Plan For Cape WindA federal agency approved a construction and operations plan for the Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast, clearing the way for work to begin on America's first offshore wind...Local CoverageApr 19, 2011
Big Mass. Utility Signs Deals, Bypasses Cape WindThe second-largest utility in Massachusetts has agreed to buy electricity from three wind power companies to help it meet renewable power mandates, but it won't be buying from a high-profile...Local CoverageFeb 22, 2011
Feds Eyeing More Wind Farms Off Mass. CoastlineThe Obama administration is eyeing the development of more commercial wind farms off the Massachusetts coast even before construction has begun on the Cape Wind project.Local CoverageDec 28, 2010
Mass. Business Group Challenges Cape Wind DealA Massachusetts business group is asking the state's highest court to set aside state approval of the power-purchase deal between the Cape Wind project and utility National Grid.Local CoverageDec 13, 2010
Interior Secretary, Cape Wind Sign 28-Year LeaseThe wind farm is licensed to build 130 turbines that would generate enough power to meet 75 percent of the energy needs for Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket...Local CoverageOct 6, 2010
Supporters, Opponents Make Final Cape Wind CaseAfter a decade of heated debate, legal battles and court decisions, Cape Wind's proponents are facing their final regulatory hurdle. If they’re successful, construction would begin on the nation’s first...ResumeLocal Coverage05:07Sep 28, 2010
Mass. Court Rejects Challenge To Cape Wind PermitThe Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday backed a 2009 decision by the state Energy Facilities Siting Board to grant the Cape Wind project permission to build power transmission lines through...Local CoverageAug 31, 2010
