APNewsBreak: Official says interior secretary to announce Cape Wind decision with Gov. Patrick

Official: Salazar to make wind farm ruling in Mass

WASHINGTON — A Massachusetts Statehouse official says the U.S. interior secretary has made his choice about whether to approve the nation’s first offshore wind farm, off Cape Cod, and will make the announcement Wednesday in Boston with Gov. Deval Patrick.

If he approves, Secretary Ken Salazar’s decision on the controversial Cape Wind project would clear the way for a 130-turbine wind farm in Nantucket Sound.

The Massachusetts official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak ahead of the official announcement.

The plans to announce the decision with Patrick bodes well for advocates of Cape Wind, as the governor has been a supporter of the project.