BU Now » wind power http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Cape Wind gets federal okay http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/04/28/cape-wind-gets-federal-okay/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/04/28/cape-wind-gets-federal-okay/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:20:32 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=5337 Cape Wind projectAfter nine years of regulatory review, the 130-turbine “Cape Wind” wind farm off Cape Cod has been given federal approval to proceed as this nation’s first such offshore project.  College of Engineering Professor Michael Caramanis, an authority on the emerging cyber-physical-energy-system/Smart Grid, says it is great news for a sustainable energy and environment future in the U.S. and the world.

“Meanwhile, research at BU College of Engineering will continue to investigate the ample opportunities that the smart grid will make available for mitigating the intermittent nature of wind generation.”

Contact Michael Caramanis, 617-353-3247, mcaraman@bu.edu

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