The project still awaits a federal green light and may face a court challenge, but the approval puts the project on track to become the first offshore wind development in the US, which has trailed Europe in marine renewable energy development.
“Today's vote marks not just a successful conclusion to a seven-year state regulatory review of the Cape Wind project but the beginning of a new era of clean energy jobs and renewable power from the endless wind resources off our shore,” Jim Gordon, president of Cape Wind developer Energy Management, says in a statement.
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