Cape Wind
Cancelled offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, USA.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakneck | Dan Wang | subject | Sixteen years of lawsuits sink an offshore wind farm. |
Breakneck — Dan Wang (2025)
Source: Readwise highlight
Unfortunately, Cape Wind was in Nantucket Sound, home to some of the wealthiest, and mostly liberal, US citizens
- Role: subject
- In the book: Wealthy residents around Nantucket Sound, including the Kennedys at Hyannisport, formed a nonprofit and hired lawyers; after sixteen years of litigation the developer gave up.
- Why it matters: The book’s cautionary tale of a lawyerly society blocking clean-energy building.