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ARTICLE CONTENTS
[Pages 177-220]
TOP OF ARTICLE
Introduction
I. The Power of Wind
A. Global Wind Power Developments
B. Growth of Wind Power in the United States
1. Technology and Costs
2. Federal Energy Policy and the Federal Production Tax Credit
3. National Portfolio Standard
4. State Energy Policy
II. Offshore Wind
A. European Experience with Offshore Wind
B. Comparing Offshore Wind to Land-Based Wind
C. Proposed U.S. Projects
1. Cape Wind
2. Long Island Power Authority
3. Winergy
III. Legal Issues—The Case of Cape Wind
A. Background
B. The Law as It Exists: Permitting Under the RHA
C. Who is for Wind Power, and Who Is Against It
D. The Courts
E. The Law as It Might Be: Proposed Amendments to the OCSLA
Conclusion
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