On Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the biggest energy story for nearly a decade has been the Cape Wind Project, the proposed offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound (www.capewind.org). A number of groups and prominent figures have fought the project for years, saying that the installation would hurt wildlife, fishing, and tourism; spoil the beauty of Nantucket Sound; and interfere with airplane and marine radar.

Objections to the project inspired an enterprising group of Cape Cod residents to travel to Denmark to observe comparable offshore wind farms in Nysted and Blavand. Clean Power Now, a local nonprofit organization in Cape Cod, and Argo Video Productions spearheaded the trip and a film—The View and The Vision: Denmark 2005—that documents the group’s journey and details how wind farms quite similar to Cape Wind’s proposed project actually play out over time.

The film—presented in six- and 28-minute versions—follows the group on its tours of the wind farms and examines the issues surrounding the farms’ development through a series of interviews with local residents, businesspeople, and government officials. As the film reveals, the people of Nysted and Blavand had reservations similar to those of the Cape Cod residents, but their objections turned out to be groundless. Over time, the wind farms have become sources of pride for the communities.

A DVD of the film, which has been shown at eco-film festivals nationwide, is available for free from Clean Power Now (508-775-7796; www.cleanpowernow.org).