{"id":17123,"date":"2015-01-28T14:24:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=17123"},"modified":"2020-11-11T14:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T19:46:01","slug":"remember-that-cape-cod-wind-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=17123","title":{"rendered":"Remember that Cape Cod Wind farm?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. I\u2019ve finished clearing away almost 3 feet of global warming, (Algore Akbar!) and thought I would take a look at the Cape Wind project<\/a>. For those of you who might not remember, (Or know of it), this was a project to build windmills off shore in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\"The-Good-Idea-Fairy-3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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The project has been under development for over 10 years now and they still haven\u2019t generated one single watt of power. They have been getting hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies of course. The main reason for all the delays has been a number of lawsuits by residents who would be able to see the windmills. In fact, one of the biggest complainers was Senator Edward Moore Kennedy, (AKA Dead Ted, Ted the Swimmer), who both pushed these wind farms and other green energy debacles on the rest of the country, but then moved to crush the Cape Wind project. (Fatboy never did see the hypocrisy of this, but then all he ever saw were blondes and Chivas Regal)<\/p>\n

Those suits have all been lost by the plaintiffs, and the project is finally entering the construction phase. However, there has been a development that could finally kill this disaster in the making. They\u2019ve lost two major utility companies that had agreed to buy the overpriced power these things would have generated. Here are the details from Fox News:<\/p>\n

An ambitious and controversial push to erect America’s first offshore wind farm has been dealt what some call a potentially “fatal” blow after two utility companies pulled out of commitments to buy energy from the lagging operation.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And what was this fatal blow? A hurricane perhaps? Not exactly.<\/p>\n

But Cape Wind is now in limbo after utility companies terminated huge purchase agreements. They pulled out after the project failed to meet two requirements by Dec. 31: to secure financing and begin construction. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Oops!<\/p>\n

The wind farm was relying on NSTAR and National Grid to purchase a combined 77.5 percent of its offshore wind power. But Greg Sullivan, a former inspector general of Massachusetts who now works at the Pioneer Institute in Boston, said Cape Wind was struggling to find a buyer for the rest of the energy.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Yeah, not having any customers willing to pay for the overpriced energy you\u2019re generating can be a serious problem. The two utilities that had agreed to buy the energy began to realize that it wasn\u2019t going to be a very good deal for their own customers.<\/p>\n

NSTAR, in a statement, said strict deadlines are in place to protect the consumer from high-priced energy due to lack of supply. Sullivan added that with falling gas prices, “the contract began to look worse day by day” for the utility companies.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I think the \u201cGreen Energy\u201d debacle<\/i><\/span> boom is stating to go bust. With energy prices coming down, thanks to massive new finds of natural gas and oil in the United States and North America, the only way any of these projects could be made to work was massive government subsidies and the regulatory agencies, like the EPA, abusing their authority to shut down competing energy generations systems. Cape Wind is still moving along, much like a zombie moves along. Soon enough, some bankruptcy judge will put the proverbial bullet through it\u2019s brain and kill this waste of money once and for all.<\/p>\n

Thatisall<\/p>\n

~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: Cape Wind in Jeopardy as Two Utilities Seek to …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Massachusetts, USA — The skies are looking grayer for the Cape Wind offshore wind project as reports indicate that the developer has dropped contracts to buy land and facilities just two weeks after utilities terminated power purchase …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.renewableenergyworld.com\/rea\/tech\/wind-power<\/a> \u2014 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:28:05 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Philthy-Delphia: ILL WIND<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
The $2.6 billion Cape Wind project, a private operation benefiting from millions in federal subsidies, is attempting to pioneer offshore wind energy in pursuit of an eco-friendly, sustainable energy supply. Wind turbines would be installed off the …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/pappys-rants.blogspot.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:46:00 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Is Marita Saying: An Illusion and a Delusion …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
While Wind energy’s bluster peters out (attached and pasted-in-below) focuses on the latest in the long-running Cape Wind Saga, I’ve included three additional recent tidbits regarding the current status of wind energy\u2014making this a national …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/gadabout-blogalot.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Sat, 24 Jan 2015 17:37:56 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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America’s first offshore wind project \u2013 Cape Wind \u2013 dealt …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Fox News: An ambitious and controversial push to erect America’s first offshore wind farm has been dealt what some call a potentially “fatal” blow after two utility companies pulled out of commitments to buy energy from the lagging operation.<\/div>\n
http:\/\/ujreview.com\/ \u2014 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:39:27 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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National Freedom Forum: Cape Wind – Just A Bunch Of Hot Air<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Cape Wind, a proposed wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts Cape Cod in Nantucket Sound, is out of business before it even got started. After wasting millions of tax payer dollars in federal subsidies on this green technology, Cape Wind …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.nationalfreedomforum.com\/<\/a> \u2014 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:52:00 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Huge New Area Soon To Open For Offshore Wind Power In …<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
What could be the final blow for Cape Wind came earlier this month as two major power companies that had agreed to purchase the bulk of the wind power pulled out of their contracts after a critical financing and construction deadline for the …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/cwifl.com\/ \u2014 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:33:01 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Massachusetts Offshore Wind Lease Sale Coming Up …<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
To date, BOEM has awarded seven commercial wind energy leases off the Atlantic coast: two non-competitive leases (Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound off Massachusetts and an area off Delaware) and five competitive leases (two offshore …<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.offshorewind.biz\/<\/a> \u2014 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:54:27 -0800<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good day all. I\u2019ve finished clearing away almost 3 feet of global warming, (Algore Akbar!) and thought I would take a look at the Cape Wind project. For those of you who might not remember, (Or know of it), this was a project to build windmills off shore in Massachusetts. 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