Plans for a wind farm that could supply half of Cape Cod's electricity to be built off of Buzzards Bay may have to be revised after a report finds that the wind turbines would be illegal under the Ocean Sanctuaries Act and may also threaten the roseate tern, an endangered bird species.
The Ocean Sanctuaries Act prohibits structures from being built on the seabed or under the subsoil and also forbids construction or operation of offshore or floating electric generating stations in the Cape and Islands Ocean Sanctuary. So the developer's plan to build the 120 450-foot tall turbines would be illegal.
Developer Jay M. Cashman who had hoped to see the turbines produce clean energy by 2011 said he's willing to work with state officials to come to an agreement on the wind farm which cannot go ahead without approval from state regulators.
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