It turns out, Kennedy’s antipathy to furtive rules changes and backroom power plays stops at the water’s edge — specifically, the waters of Nantucket Sound, which separates Cape Cod (where the Kennedy family has an oceanfront compound in Hyannis Port) from the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. A shoal in the center of Nantucket Sound is where Cape Wind Associates hopes to build the nation’s first offshore wind farm — an array of 130 wind turbines capable of generating enough electricity to meet 75 percent of the Cape and Islands’ energy needs, without burning any oil or emitting any pollution. The turbines would be miles from any coastal property, barely visible on the horizon. In fact, Cape Wind says they would be farther away from the nearest home than any other electricity generation project in Massachusetts.
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