Monday, July 30, 2007
Cape Wind for dummies: Part 1
Just the facts as stated by Cape Wind Associates:
Location of Project: Horseshoe Shoal, Nantucket Sound in Federal Waters
Number of Turbines: 130
Height of Turbines: 440 feet
Diameter of Turbine Pile: 18 feet
Size of Project: 25 square miles
Miles of inner-array cable in project footprint: 66.7 miles
Trench Cross-Section – 3.0 meters squared, or 32 square feet
Acreage of benthic habitat disrupted by cable installation in Federal waters: 773 acres
Percentage of jet-blasted benthos suspended in water column: 30%
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