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Vineyard Wind project gets federal OK FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2016 file photo, three of Deepwater Winds five turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nations first offshore wind farm. An offshore wind project off the island of Marthas Vineyard, off the Massachusetts coast, that would create 800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 homes, was approved by the federal government Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The Vineyard Wind project, south of Marthas Vineyard near Cape Cod, wo...

Federal government approves huge wind project off Massachusetts coast This project and Ocean Wind, a proposed 1,100-megawatt offshore wind project off New Jersey, are keystones in the Biden administrations push to grow offshore wind as a way to fight climate change and create jobs. By PATRICK WHITTLEAssociated Press Share Three wind turbines from the Deepwater Wind project stand off Block Island, R.I., in 2016. The federal government on Tuesday approved an offshore wind project off Marthas Vi...

May 11, 2021 2:28 PM EDT 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 pa...

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Biden wants to move energy offshore, but choppy seas are ahead Source: By Joshua Partlow, Washington Post • Posted: Sunday, May 9, 2021 To fight climate change, the administration supports a huge expansion in offshore wind farms by 2030 A liftboat at the Dorchester Shipyard in New Jersey on Friday. The ships help do drilling and cabling for offshore wind farms. (Hannah Yoon for The Washington Post) DORCHESTER, N.J. — In his three decades...

Up and down the East Coast, developers and government agencies are preparing for the massively complex and costly challenge of placing thousands of wind

Biden wants to move energy offshore, but choppy seas are ahead By Joshua Partlow The Washington Post,Updated May 9, 2021, 4:13 a.m. Email to a Friend Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass wind farm, owned by NextEra Energy Inc., in Whitewater, California, on Feb. 17, 2021.Bing Guan/Bloomberg DORCHESTER, N.J. - In his three decades servicing oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, boat captain Keith Piper rode out all manner of storms and gales. Still, he had never faced the elements that tested h...

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Biden wants to move energy offshore, but choppy seas are ahead Josh Partlow © Hannah Yoon for The Washington Post A liftboat at the Dorchester Shipyard in New Jersey on Friday. The ships help do drilling and cabling for offshore wind farms. DORCHESTER, N.J. — In his three decades servicing oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, boat captain Keith Piper rode out all manner of storms and gales. Still, he had never faced the elements that tested him last winter at a wind farm ...

Additional projects, including the approved $1 billion Gemini solar and battery storage project about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Las Vegas, have sparked debate about whether they are simply too big. In Maine, a $1 billion hydropower electricity transmission corridor called the New England Clean Energy Connect would cut through sparsely populated western woods where moose reign as the state’s iconic creatures. Environmental groups disagree about whether the 145-mile (233 kilometer...

Normal text size Very large text size Ocean City, New Jersey: As Suzanne Hornick gazes out at the Atlantic Ocean, she sees trouble on the horizon. Hornick lives in Ocean City, a beachside town in New Jersey that markets itself as a family-friendly alternative to the nearby gambling hot spot of Atlantic City. Alcohol sales are banned in the conservative community, as are casinos. “This is the type of place where the biggest crime is bike theft,” Hornick says. “It’s a quaint l...