Developers of a long-delayed plan to build 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound say they will appeal the Thursday’s vote of the Cape Cod Commission to deny a permit for the project, threatening to kill it.

A commission subcommittee recommended the denial, saying Cape Wind Associates, the developer of the project, was unwilling to provide more time and information.

But Cape Wind’s executives said the company provided exhaustive amounts of information about the project, which has already cleared previous hurdles.

Jim Gordon, president of Cape Wind, said, “With the price of oil approaching $90 per barrel, increasing calls for energy independence and action on global warming, it’s sad and disappointing that the Cape Cod Commission would vote to deny Cape Wind’s application for its buried electric cables to deliver 75 percent of the Cape and Islands electricity with clean, renewable energy.

“The commission’s denial, based not on the merits but on claims that Cape Wind provided insufficient information, does not square with the record. Since 2001, Cape Wind has been providing extensive information about these cables to the Cape Cod Commission and state and federal agencies. In fact, in 2005 the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board approved Cape Wind’s electric cable because it found that Cape Wind would provide needed renewable electricity, deliver significant air-quality benefits, lower electric costs and increase electric-transmission reliability.”

The Cape Cod Commission plays a role in the project because the Massachusetts legislature has given it the power over any local development large enough to require a state environmental permit. Cape Wind Associates could appeal directly to the Cape Cod Commission or seek relief by appealing to the state Energy Facilities Siting Board to override the local decision.

Besides the Cape Cod Commission permit, the project would still need federal regulatory approval before the wind turbines could be built.

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs approved Cape Wind’s Final Environmental Impact Report this year, and Massachusetts Environmental Secretary Ian Bowles, wrote:

“Overall, the project represents a balanced and thoughtful commitment to action that will contribute to the long-term preservation and enhancement of our environment.”

The long-running dispute over the wind farms has pitted proponents, who argue that the project would provide Cape Cod with much-needed clean energy, against opponents, who say the wind farm would be a visual blight and harm the region’s tourism and fishing industries.

Cape Wind Associates first proposed its renewable energy project in Nantucket Sound in 2001.

With Associated Press reports