Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Aug 28, 2024 · Google Maps. Less tony but equally as charming as Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket retains the flavor of a 19th-century New England seaport town. It's just 30 miles from Cape Cod. You can stay in a resort, boutique hotel, or an inn on this island of beautiful beaches, lighthouses, and museums. If you like you can take the ferry to Nantucket and ...

    • Why Offshore Wind Plans Stalled Under Trump
    • Is Fast-Tracking Federal Approvals Enough?
    • Is The Us Ready to Build Offshore Turbines?
    • Costs and Benefits of Offshore Wind

    Vineyard Wind had planned to begin constructionin 2019, but a ruling by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management under the Trump administration stalled it. The ruling cast a shadow over other wind farm plans and hopes for an U.S. offshore wind industry. The agency ruledthat the developers needed to address what is called “cumulative impacts” –...

    Speeding up federal approvals for offshore wind farms is an important first step, but those aren’t the only hurdles for offshore wind farm developers. A large number of state environmental and coastal agencies also must approve offshore wind farm plans, and the communities where cables come ashore have a say. Many of the Northeastern states, includ...

    Some other big questions revolve around construction. Under a 1920 law known as the Jones Act, only U.S.-registered vessels operated by U.S. citizens or permanent residents can move cargo between U.S. ports. In December 2020, Congress made clear that this law applies to wind turbine construction, too. When companies build offshore wind turbines tod...

    In Europe, where many governments have reduced regulatory risks to the industry, the cost of offshore wind energy has come down much faster than experts expected, to around $50 per megawatt-hour. If the Biden administration’s new approach allows U.S. wind farms to achieve costs like this, then offshore wind, with its proximity to large urban center...

  2. Nantucket Sound lies between Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is 30 miles (48 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Martha's Vineyard on the west. [1]

  3. Aug 8, 2024 · Martha's Vineyard is an island located in the Atlantic Ocean south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Part of Dukes County, the island has an area of about 100 square miles. The island is bordered on the north by the Strait of Vineyard Sound and on the south by the open Atlantic Ocean. Martha's Vineyard consists of six towns: Edgartown, Oak Bluffs ...

    • 96 sq mi (250 sq km)
    • 20,530
    • Dukes County
    • Massachusetts
  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cape_CodCape Cod - Wikipedia

    339 sq mi (880 km 2) [1] Elevation. 306 ft (93 m) Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months.

  5. South Beach. Edgartown, Katama. South Beach (Katama Beach/Norton Point Beach): Located about 4 miles outside of Town at the end of Katama Rd. One of the most popular beaches on the Island. Huge waves, open ocean, not good for swimming or children. Very popular with surfers.

  6. Atlantic Ocean. Vineyard Sound is the stretch of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Elizabeth Islands and the southwestern part of Cape Cod from the island of Martha's Vineyard, located offshore from the state of Massachusetts in the United States. To the west, it joins Rhode Island Sound, and on its eastern end it connects to Nantucket Sound.