On October 19
th, the Cape Cod Commission denied, by unanimous decision, a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound. The Commission debated the issue for about an hour before voting unanimously against the proposal. A subcommittee of the Commission was assigned the task of reviewing the project and it recommended that the project be denied on the basis that there was insufficient information and Cape Wind Associates, the project developer, refused to allow more time for review.
If built, the turbines would rise 440 feet above sea level and generate an estimated 170 megawatts of energy. An attorney for Cape Wind said that the organization has provided all the information available on its proposal and could have answered any additional questions had the decision been written in a way that would have asked for more information on a later date. A Cape Wind spokesman said that "we're certainly going to be meeting with our attorneys to determine our best route to remedy this decision."