Permit moves Cape Wind closer to planned Q4 construction start

Cape Wind has obtained the first of two final permits it needs to begin construction as scheduled in the fourth quarter this year, according to documents obtained by Recharge from the US Army Corp of Engineers.

6 January 2011 23:05 GMT Updated 23 September 2016 12:27 GMT

By Richard A. Kessler

The “Department of the Army Permit” allows developer Cape Wind Associates to build and maintain the first US offshore wind farm consisting of 130, 3.6MW turbines with a maximum authorized blade height of 440 feet (134.1 meters) in Nantucket Sound south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

The permit also authorizes Cape Wind Associates to build offshore infrastructure to support the wind farm including a 33kV submarine transmission cable system that will connect the turbines with an electric collection point platform.

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