While the official decision on Cape Wind isn’t expected until noon tomorrow, it’s looking like the nine year struggle over Cape Wind will be settled in favour of the the massive wind farm project’s approval.

The Washington Post has is citing a source close to the Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, as saying that the secretary will approve Cape Wind.

Cape Wind, planned to have 130 wind turbines across 25 square miles of federal ocean space off the coast of Nantucket, will cost approximately $1 billion and be the first American offshore wind power project ever.

This project was recently officially opposed by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on the grounds that it was wrecking the view from historical locales like Martha’s Vineyard.

Cape Wind was also strongly supported by six east coast governors who wrote a letter to Salazar last week asking to see the project come to fruition.

A warrior for some environmental issues, sadly – Senator Edward Kennedy succumbed to brain cancer today.

Kennedy was a bit of an environmental hero, working hard to protect natural resources and to develop alternative energy sources. Kennedy also publicly supporting the study of the Outer Intercontinental Shelf and also worked to prevent drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. One thing Kennedy was not a supporter of, however, was Cape Wind, a wind farm in Cape Cod.

Kennedy, a resident of Hyannisport, fought against the wind farm for eight years, arguing that it will cause radar interference to boats and planes, hurt wildlife and hinder the ocean views from Cape Cod, and sued to stop the project. Kennedy owned an ocean side home that would have a direct view of the proposed 125 wind turbines that would stand 440 feet above sea level. However, Kennedy was steadfast that his spoiled view was not the reason why he opposed the project.