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Wind power lease area generates interest
The chance to build wind turbines south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket has sparked a wave of interest from almost a dozen developers, including a community-organized cooperative on the Vineyard.
 

“We believe we are well positioned to hold and get these leases,” said Richard Andre, executive director of Vineyard Power, an electricity cooperative based in West Tisbury.

Vineyard Power has joined forces with New Jersey-based OffshoreMW to develop a project that could provide electricity for the entire island. OffshoreMW is the sister company of German-based WindMW, which already has plans to build an 80-turbine wind farm in the North Sea.

The partnership between a private developer and a cooperative is unique among applicants seeking to lease the areas in federal waters off Massachusetts opened earlier this year for offshore wind energy projects by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.

Read the complete story from The Cape Cod Times.

 

 

 

 

 

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