The bad news: the Cape Cod Commission is likely to reject Cape Wind's electric cable. The good news: the MA Energy Facility Siting Board will almost certainly overrule the Commission and the permitting process will continue.
These companies are working on 10MW (!!) trubines for offshore wind farms. Interestingly they would also be ultra-low-speed generators spinning at just 11 revolutions per minute. Still the tip speed of the blades would be fast enough to knock you silly.
Love the quote from Cape Wind's PR guy: "Is this really the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound or the alliance to protect coal and oil?"
