Salazar to approve Cape Wind development

By Juliet Eilperin

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will approve Wednesday the construction of a major wind farm off Nantucket, Mass., the nation's first offshore wind farm, according to a source briefed on the decision. The move ends a nearly decade-long political feud and could open the way for significant offshore wind development along the East Coast.

The approval of the 130-turbine offshore wind farm called Cape Wind, which will be announced at a noon news conference in Boston, comes after numerous state and federal regulatory reviews. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), a proponent of the project, will join Salazar at the news conference.

The nearly decade-long fight over whether to construct near Martha's Vineyard has cost millions in lobbying fees and has prompted an intense political debate on Cape Cod and in Washington, pitting backers of renewable energy against local American Indian tribes and those who want to preserve the natural beauty of Nantucket Sound.

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