“The court's definitive decision is animportant legal victory that brings America that much closer to launching itsoffshore wind industry, a keystone in America's renewable energy future," saysCape Wind communications director Mark Rodgers. The project developer is Cape Wind Associates, which is owned by EnergyManagement Inc. (EMI).

He notes the ruling was made by thesame court and only one that had previously provided project opponents their temporaryrelief from the FAA decision.