September 15, 2014 — The developers of a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod have signed a lease agreement with the state to use New Bedford for staging and construction of the 130-turbine project, officials announced Friday.
Gov. Deval Patrick joined Cape Wind officials in making the announcement at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Wind Technology Testing Center in Boston, the largest wind blade testing facility in North America.
“Cape Wind is not just going to serve Massachusetts,” Patrick said during the event. “It’s going to be built in Massachusetts.”
Officials said the work will begin in January at the South Coast Marine Commerce Terminal on the New Bedford waterfront. The terminal has been specifically designed to handle the heavy loads associated with the staging of offshore wind projects and is the first facility of its kind in North America.
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