Mayflower Wind surfaces as next offshore wind farm – The Inquirer and Mirror

(May 13, 2021) Town officials and island nonprofit organizations are preparing for the first public forum on the second largescale offshore wind farm proposed south of Nantucket.

Mayflower Wind, a 1,600-megawatt project proposed on a 192-square-mile federal lease site, 20 miles south of the island, follows Vineyard Wind, which received federal approval this week.

The question is what environmental and navigational impacts the wind farm could have, and what its construction could mean for the islands designation as a national historic landmark.

Every effort should be made to reduce the visual impact, whether thats moving back the turbines, using the (aircraft detection lighting systems) lighting, or painting the turbines a certain color, Nantucket Preservation Trust executivedirector Mary Bergman said.

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