President Biden's Interior Department on Monday announced that it has completed its analysis of a $2 billion offshore wind project that the administration hopes will represent a model for increased wind energy production along the East Coast.
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In support of the Biden administration’s goal to address climate change and promote offshore renewable energy production, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it intends to resume the environmental review of Vineyard Wind’s proposed offshore wind project.
By Rob Woodard
Dec 15, 2020
The Vineyard Wind Project appears to be waiting until the transition from the Trump to the Biden administration to cross the finish line on its offshore wind farm.
According to a story from the Vineyard Gazette, Vineyard Wind has withdrawn its plans from the federal permitting process as it bids to become the first major wind energy development in the country.
VW has been working on this process for three years and was waiting for a final environmental impact statement from the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
President Trump has been critical of wind energy and claimed it, quote, kills all the birds during a debate with Joe Biden in October.