(Cape Cod) Wind power survey shows shift (reversal) in opinion (57% now favor offshore wind)

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http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/dec/survey120209.html

Wind power survey shows shift in opinion

8:56 a.m., Dec. 2, 2009----The University of Delaware today released results of a survey of Cape Cod, Mass., residents' opinions on a controversial offshore wind power project. Researchers found 57 percent now support the project with 41 percent opposing it, showing a reverse in public opinion.

The statistically representative sample was matched in methods to http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/news/article.aspx?369">a survey taken by the same team in 2005. The 2005 survey found 44 percent supported it and 56 percent opposed.

Respondents were statistically sampled residents of Cape Cod and the Islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, weighted to accurately represent the population.

The Cape Wind project in Massachusetts was the first offshore wind project proposed in the United States, with its introduction in 2001. Additional offshore wind power projects are now being developed in Delaware, Rhode Island and New Jersey, as well as proposed in additional states.

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