Governor Patrick says that at least 100-350 permanent jobs to be created, and more to follow. Not inlcuding, 600-1000 construcion jobs, and this project is turning out to be a jobs project.
Despite, a ten year battle of permits and being fought by big oil, this project is a GO! Good timing, because POTUS will be there today, and Governor Patrick really pushed for this Offshore Wind Boon! I wonder if POTUS will mention it?
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Some quick facts: Since Cape Wind started reporting DATA, the facility would have generated 12,066,096 cumulative mw Hours and 6,285,884 tons of CO2 offset! Exciting! Here is an excerpt explaining the jobs section:
[Enormous steel pilings that Cape Wind’s 130 proposed wind turbines would sit upon will be manufactured locally, creating more than 100 jobs, Governor Deval Patrick announced today.
Middleboro-based Mass Tank Sales Corporation is partnering with EEW Group of Germany, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of offshore wind structural parts, to open a facility that could also serve other offshore wind projects now under development along the East Coast. The location of the plant has not yet been selected.
"This agreement between Cape Wind, Mass Tank and EEW will create hundreds of new manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts as we take the lead on offshore wind energy in the United States," said Patrick. "This is what our clean energy future is all about]." Boston globe-
http://www.boston.com/...
Considering Sec. Salazar just signed a 28 yr lease with Cape Wind last week, the project will be starting construction soon! Here is Cape Wind Statement:
[Cape Wind is thrilled with the news that Mass Tank and EEW are going to open a new manufacturing facility in Massachusetts to make Cape Wind’s steel monopile foundations and transition pieces. We are pleased that Cape Wind is helping catalyze the emergence of an offshore wind manufacturing and supply chain in Massachusetts.
These new manufacturing jobs coming to Massachusetts, along with the 600 to 1,000 construction jobs and 150 (direct and indirect) jobs during the 25-year operations phase for Cape Wind will help establish Massachusetts as a leader in offshore wind energy.
Last week the US Department of Energy announced that 43,000 new American jobs can be created from offshore wind power if we get moving now. Also last week Interior Secretary Ken Salazar granted Cape Wind with the nation’s first offshore wind lease. Yesterday, Google announced it was investing millions of dollars in an offshore wind power electric transmission network. Taken together with today’s exciting announcement, these events send a powerful market signal that U.S. offshore wind power is getting ready to create tens of thousands of jobs and provide a substantial amount of clean energy to light up the cities of the east coast.
Click here to read Governor Deval Patrick’s press release with quotes from Governor Patrick and representatives from Cape Wind, Mass Tank, and EEW:
http://tinyurl.com/...
Cape Wind is America’s first offshore wind farm to secure Federal and State approval and to be issued a lease to operate by the Federal Government. Cape Wind will create jobs and promote greater energy independence and a cleaner environment. Cape Wind will also establish Massachusetts as a leader in offshore wind power. For more information visit www.capewind.org]. Cape Wind website-
I am quite sure that Gov. Patick can use this wonderful information, he was a strong proponent of this and never gave up. Hopefully, POTUS will give it a little boost with his Twilight visit to BOSTON Today(CSPAN 1 or CNN, watch for it). Also, recent polling has Gov. Patrick up by 7 points over Baker, but like POTUS says, never take anything for granted(Scott Brown lesson).
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