First big US offshore wind farm receives approval from Biden administration
‘The whole industry has been watching and waiting for this permit’
11 May 2021 - 21:52
The long-stalled push to build huge wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean along the US East Coast took a crucial step forward on Tuesday as the Biden administration approved plans for a project off Martha’s Vineyard.
The $2.8bn installation proposed by Vineyard Wind will be the first major wind farm in waters off the US, which has lagged behind Europe and Asia in generating power at sea. It sets the stage for other developers seeking approval to build more than a dozen other wind projects from Massachusetts to North Carolina...
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