The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday announced the approval of the SouthCoast Wind project (formerly Mayflower Wind), located over 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and 20 miles south
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday announced the approval of the SouthCoast Wind project (formerly Mayflower Wind), located over 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and 20 miles south of Nantucket.
It is the 11th commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved during the Biden administration.
With Friday’s approval of SouthCoast Wind, BOEM has approved over 19 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy from offshore wind energy projects – enough to power more than 6 million homes.
“When we walked in the door of this administration, there were zero approved, commercial-scale offshore wind projects in federal waters. Today, I am proud to celebrate our 11th approval, a testament to the commitment and enduring progress made by the hardworking public servants at the Department of the Interior,” said Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
The SouthCoast Wind project is expected to generate up to 2.4 GW of offshore wind energy for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, enough to power
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