Projects: Cape Wind Energy Project

The MMS has received a request from Cape Wind Associates, LLC (CWA) for a lease, easement or right-of-way to construct and operate a wind park located in Federal waters 4.7 miles offshore Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Landfall for the transmission cable would be in Barnstable County.

The proposal consists of 130, 3.6 megawatt wind turbine generators covering 24 square miles in Federal waters of Nantucket Sound off Massachusetts with the capacity to produce about 468 megawatts. The average expected production from the proposed wind farm could provide about 75 percent of the electricity demand for Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. At average expected production, Cape Wind could produce enough energy to power more than 200,000 homes in Massachusetts.

	Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period (49 KB)
	Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Public Hearings (53 KB)
	Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (85 KB)

Note: Federal Register notices are all in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF)  .

	Cape Wind Biological Assessment (10318 KB)
	Cooperating Agency/Responsibilities (17 KB)
	Summary of Scoping Comments (175 KB)
	Cape Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
	Cape Wind Public Hearing Transcript - March 10, 2008 (1020.75 KB)
	Cape Wind Public Hearing Transcript - March 11, 2008 (689.54 KB)
	Cape Wind Public Hearing Transcript - March 12, 2008 (777.41 KB)
	Cape Wind Public Hearing Transcript - March 13, 2008 (948.90 KB)

Note: NEPA documentations are all in Portable Document Format .

	Clean Air Act Draft General Conformity Determination
	Summary of Plan Materials (9088 KB)
	Reports provided by Cape Wind Associates, LLC