The blogger is back...for now. Still traditionally powered, but I'll get to wind power in a moment.
Quick update: Working with my interactive agency, Overdrive Interactive, it seems that as we change over this blog to my agency's site (among other things in a project for my agency Cercone Brown & Co.), I don't have to stop writing. They can import all this content into the next version of Eco-Optimism automatically. And because they are moving this week to a new 10,000 ft. space, let's just say I need to wait to get my move complete!
So without getting too much into that, thought I'd point out an encouraging sign for wind power in Massachusetts: The Boston Globe (still open for business!) today reports that the National Guard is hoping/planning to construct 17 wind turbines on their Cape Cod base. The result would be 34 megawatts of power...just about enough to make the base self-powered.
But here's the thing...to me it just underscores the need to move ahead on the Cape Wind project that would build 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound. That's nearly enough to power all of the Cape and the Islands, making this pristine part of coastal Massachusetts independent of existing power sources. And if this happens, could it be too long before we see more offshore wind farms? Seems a logical move these days.
We'll keep an eye on it as the project moves forward.
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