It’s not uncommon to receive +ve and –ve responses for any step taken…..even if it means good for all. Same is the case for Cape Wind Project. Being in limelight for controversies regarding its impact on the local fishing industry and also for marring the picturesque ocean view, this project has been stalled since 2001. But now residents of Edgartown are taking the development of renewable energy into their own hands and hope their plans to put these turbines underwater will meet less resistance.
The project, led by town selectman Art Smadbeck and resident Kitt Johnson, would place 50 tidal turbines in the Muskegat Channel between Chappaquiddick and Nantucket. According to a preliminary assessment by the Electric Power Research Institute the site could generate and average of 2 megawatts during peak times of the day, enough to power approximately 1500 homes. If this tidal project proves to be viable, hopefully other such will be met with less controversy and opposition than the local wind project.
Via Greenupgrader
