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Regulatory Questions Continue To Plague Cape Wind Project May 24, 2007 UPDATE For six years, Cape Wind -- a proposed 130 turbine wind energy project in Nantucket Sound -- has polarized residents of Cape Cod and mobilized advocacy groups both for and against what would be the nation's first offshore wind energy project. NewsHour Report: Tom Bearden reports on the debate over the project (11/29/05) How a Wind Turbine Works INTERACTIVE View an animation of how a turbine transfers wind energy -- actually a form of solar power -- to electricity. Sources of Energy CHART Track the United States' sources of electricity, from coal to wind power, over the decades in this chart.	Main: Wind Power   Wind Power Basics   Land- vs. Sea-based Wind Farms   Assessing the Threat to Birds   Animation: Wind Turbine   Chart: Sources of Energy   Lesson Plan   Alternative Energy

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