Boston Herald: “Going Big on Wind Power” By Marie Szaniszlo, December 22, 2018 – After a groundswell of opposition ultimately doomed Cape Wind’s plan to build a wind farm in Nantucket Sound, something stunning happened this month: Eleven developers vied for three tracts of ocean off Massachusetts’ coast in a two-day bidding war that resulted… More
Boston Globe: Wind power auction draws limited interest
By Dan Adams Globe Correspondent Are falling energy prices and the collapse of the Cape Wind project undermining other offshore wind projects? A federal government auction of four leases to build wind farms off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard drew little interest, selling for a fraction of what previous auctions raised recently. Just two of… More
Bloomberg News; 1/29/15 Massachusetts Wind Leases Sold for Fraction of Prior Sale Price
By Justin Doom (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Interior Department sold two leases to build wind farms off the coast of Massachusetts to the only two bidders and for a fraction of what the agency received from previous sales. RES America Inc. agreed to pay $281,285 for access to 187,523 acres and Offshore MW LLC is… More
Boston Herald: Wind energy shifts direction; Feds to auction sites off Martha’s Vineyard RIGHT WAY: Audra Parker, president of the Alliance to Save Nantucket Sound, says the sites off Martha’s Vineyard the federal government is auctioning off for wind energy development are superior to the Cape Wind site.
By: Lindsay Kalter With the Cape Wind project on the ropes, the industry’s future in Massachusetts may rest on a federal wind power auction later this month for a sprawling area off Martha’s Vineyard. Twelve companies have qualified to bid Jan. 29 as the federal government auctions four commercial leases for 742,000 acres of sea… More