cape wind

The developers of a project off the Massachusetts coast that aims to be the nation's first offshore wind farm have signed a contract with Siemens Energy Inc. to make, install and maintain the project's turbines.       Cape Wind has been cleared to build a $2...

Environmental groups, elected officials and offshore wind develpers are urging continued growth in wind energy production, and they're asking the Federal government to do its part.  Environment Massachusetts is a citizens group committed to supporting wind projects across the commonwealth, including offshore wind development in New Bedford.  ...

Bristol Community College is taking the lead, offering young people opportunities for advancement in the burgeoning offshore wind industry. BCC is offering courses for offshore wind construction and maintenance of the turbines to be assembled in the city's South Terminal...

Cape Wind is expected to place 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound once preparations are complete. According to Capewind.org, the project is currently in the financing stage, but construction on the turbines will begin by the end of the year...

The Cape Wind offshore wind project has signed a $15 million deal with a Falmouth company to do the upland construction work needed to bury the project's electric cables.

The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what its president says is a milestone for the proposed 130-turbine project. The $2.6 billion Cape Wind project aims to be the nation's first offshore wind farm...

A Massachusetts business group is strongly backing the Cape Wind offshore wind project, after two other business groups recently attacked the project in newspaper ads.       The Alliance for Business Leadership called Cape Wind ``an historic opportunity'' in a statement Wednesday...

Two business groups are saying Massachusetts can't afford the Cape Wind offshore wind project.

A recent trade mission to Europe for the South End Marine Commerce Terminal was the subject of a South Central neighborhood meeting Tuesday.

The 11-member Massachusetts congressional delegation has sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Energy urging him to approve a loan guarantee for the Cape Wind offshore wind project. The Department of Energy is currently considering a loan guarantee for the 130-turbine project planned for Nantucket Sound...