Cape Wind developers now hope to complete permitting in six months after latest legal victory

摘要

Cape Wind last week marked another legal victory, one that it says limits opponents' legal maneuvers to stop the 454-MW wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts. Cape Wind's developers now expect to finish the permitting process in six months, and begin construction in 2010 and complete the project in 2011. A Massachusetts wildlife official ruled that Massachusetts lacks jurisdiction to consider possible harm to endangered birds because the wind turbines are in federal water. The decision undercuts opponents who are attempting to force more state review of the project.