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May 12, 2021

Huge offshore wind project wins approval

  • The project is a $2.8 billion joint venture of Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
    • By PATRICK WHITTLE
    Associated Press

    An offshore wind project off Massachusetts that would create enough electricity to power 400,000 homes and is touted by backers as a key piece of America's transition to renewable energy was approved Tuesday by the federal government.

    The 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project, south of Martha's Vineyard near Cape Cod, would be the first utility-scale wind power development in federal waters. The nearly $3 billion project is a critical part of the Biden administration's plan to grow renewable energy in the U.S.


     
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