{"id":686945,"date":"2010-03-09T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jim-gordon-full-interview-2010-3"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:19:18","slug":"off-shore-wind-farming-what-are-you-waiting-for-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/686945","title":{"rendered":"Off-Shore Wind Farming \u2013 What Are You Waiting For, America?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.js?width=560&amp;height=314&amp;embedCode=VreDI5MTqDkuIGsYdY4urMUz9rn5jDGk\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"ooyalaPlayer_64oaw_g6ju0eq5\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/get\/flashplayer\/current\/swflash.cab\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.swf?embedCode=VreDI5MTqDkuIGsYdY4urMUz9rn5jDGk&#038;version=2\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"embedType=noscriptObjectTag&#038;embedCode=VreDI5MTqDkuIGsYdY4urMUz9rn5jDGk\" \/><\/object><\/noscript> Production by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightredpixels.com\/\">Bright Red Pixels.<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding: 15px 15px 15px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ntweetmeme_source = 'greensheet'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly';\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jim Gordon is a 35-year veteran of the energy business. He founded Energy Management,  Inc. (EMI) in 1975, developing energy conservation\/pollution control  projects and gas-fired electric  generation plants.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, EMI began to work on  renewable energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>In this interview with Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget, Jim discusses Cape Wind, a proposed 130-turbine wind farm in Nantucket Sound that has the potential to generate three-quarters of the power needs of Cape Cod &#8211; but thus far has generated only controversy.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/cape-wind-2010\">Read Henry Blodget&#8217;s Commentary On The Interview HERE &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Why has it taken more than nine years to convince the U.S. to reconsider off-shore wind farming?<\/p>\n<p>Wind power has been in place in Europe for decades: the first off-shore wind turbines were installed at Denmark&#8217;s coastline in 1991 and 38 off-shore wind farms now operate in nine European countries.<\/p>\n<p>Wind power offers the promise of clean energy that saves money, betters the environment, creates new jobs, and even may engender a new tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Gordon discusses the promise of Cape Winds and the stiff headwinds the project has met.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/innovation-series-jim-gordon\">Watch Selected Highlights Of The Interview HERE &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>See more Innovation interviews:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 586px; 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