Comments on: Massachusetts Fishermen Drop Lawsuit Against Cape Wind Project http://revmodo.com/2012/06/29/massachusetts-fishermen-drop-lawsuit-against-cape-wind-project/ Covering the clean energy industry Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: 1barbaradurkinhttp://revmodo.com/2012/06/29/massachusetts-fishermen-drop-lawsuit-against-cape-wind-project/#comment-215 1barbaradurkin Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://revmodo.com/?p=3715#comment-215 Cape Wind, if all goes well, would have a levelized cost over the 15 year term of over .30 per kWh. This is more than three times current energy cost. Their spec'd wind turbines are "discontinued", "sinking", "shifting" and "corroding" as installed offshore UK. Cape Wind has bought off a few fishermen. The developer is unwelcome by the majority of fishermen who earn their living that Cape Wind threatens in Nantucket Sound. June 26, 2012PRESS RELEASE Statement of the MA Fishermen’s PartnershipThe MA Fishermen’s Partnership, the largest commercial fishing organization in the state, remains strongly opposed to Cape Wind. The fact that the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen have dropped their lawsuit against Cape Wind in exchange for monetary compensation does not change the fact that Cape Wind will devastate essential fish habitat in Nantucket Sound and put the livelihoods of many commercial fishermen at risk. It is deplorable in such tough economic times that Cape wind would stoop so low as to push fishermen to accept an arrangement that would harm the industry for generations to come. Cape Wind, if all goes well, would have a levelized cost over the 15 year term of over .30 per kWh. This is more than three times current energy cost. Their spec’d wind turbines are “discontinued”, “sinking”, “shifting” and “corroding” as installed offshore UK.
Cape Wind has bought off a few fishermen. The developer is unwelcome by the majority of fishermen who earn their living that Cape Wind threatens in Nantucket Sound.
June
26, 2012

PRESS RELEASE
Statement
of the MA Fishermen’s Partnership

The
MA Fishermen’s Partnership, the largest commercial fishing organization in the
state, remains strongly opposed to Cape Wind. The fact that the Martha’s
Vineyard Fishermen have dropped their lawsuit against Cape Wind in exchange for
monetary compensation does not change the fact that Cape Wind will devastate
essential fish habitat in Nantucket Sound and put the livelihoods of many
commercial fishermen at risk. It is deplorable in such tough economic times
that Cape wind would stoop so low as to push fishermen to accept an arrangement
that would harm the industry for generations to come.

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