Wind Farm Near Martha’s Vineyard Wins Biden Approval
- Move marks 11th commercial-scale offshore authorization
- Project destined for Atlantic lease sold in Trump’s first term
The approval marks the 11th for a commercial-scale offshore wind project under the Biden administration.
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The Interior Department approved the 2.4-gigawatt SouthCoast Wind farm planned near the Massachusetts coast, marking likely the last offshore energy project of its kind to win authorization under outgoing President Joe Biden.
The project would involve the construction of as many as 141 turbines and five offshore substation platforms about 26 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and 20 nautical miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts.