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November 29, 2021

Large offshore wind farm approved

  • The project is expected to provide roughly 130 megawatts, enough power for about 70,000 homes.
    • By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
    Associated Press

    The Biden administration approved an offshore wind farm off the coasts of Rhode Island and New York on Wednesday as part of a plan to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030.

    The U.S. Department of the Interior announced it approved the construction and operations of the South Fork Wind project, the department's second approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project in the United States. Last week, the department marked the groundbreaking off the coast of Massachusetts for the first commercial-scale offshore wind project.


     
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