What is the risk of oil spills from the wind park?
Each Cape Wind turbine generator would contain approximately 214 gallons of lubricants and hydraulic and transmission fluids in its nacelle or hub at any given time, for a total of 27, 820 gallons among all 130 towers. In addition, 40,000 gallons of electrical servicing oil would be stored on the electrical service platform. All equipment and storage tanks for Cape Wind would be designed to minimize the possibility of leaks or spills and have secondary containment that can hold their full contents. The Minerals Management Service concluded that Cape Wind would likely be responsible for 7 percent of the oil spills expected to occur in Nantucket Sound during a 30 year period. MMS estimated that 2 spills attributable to Cape Wind could occur during a 30-year period, and that there was a 90 percent chance that these spills would involve 50 gallons of oil or less. The agency placed the odds of a spill involving 10,000 gallons at 1 percent. The main risk of oil spills comes from vessels tran
Each Cape Wind turbine generator would contain approximately 214 gallons of lubricants and hydraulic and transmission fluids in its nacelle or hub at any given time, for a total of 27, 820 gallons among all 130 towers. In addition, 40,000 gallons of electrical servicing oil would be stored on the electrical service platform. All equipment and storage tanks for Cape Wind would be designed to minimize the possibility of leaks or spills and have secondary containment that can hold their full contents. The Minerals Management Service concluded that Cape Wind would likely be responsible for 7 percent of the oil spills expected to occur in Nantucket Sound during a 30 year period. MMS estimated that 2 spills attributable to Cape Wind could occur during a 30-year period, and that there was a 90 percent chance that these spills would involve 50 gallons of oil or less. The agency placed the odds of a spill involving 10,000 gallons at 1 percent. The main risk of oil spills comes from vessels tran
