ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

With an unhealthy reliance on foreign oil and the impacts of global warming becoming clearer every day, it is increasingly imperative that America takes serious steps toward the development of renewable energy sources. Wind power offers a clean, renewable source of energy that produces no waste products, no greenhouse gas emissions, and is not subject to the interest of fuel cartels. Wind power may not provide the answer to all of our country's energy needs, but it is clearly part of the solution.

South Coast Wind will reduce the region’s reliance on fossil fuel and reduce CO2 emissions, the leading cause of global warming. The South Coast Wind project would produce energy without producing harmful pollutants released by fossil fuel generation.

*Calculated using EPA eGRID2007 data for the state of Massachusetts.  Assumes a 40% capacity factor.