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As the Biden administration this week backs the first commercial scale offshore wind farm in the US, hopes are building for a renewable energy boom

The Biden administration just backed the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S., signaling that the political stars may finally be aligning for this energy resource.

Mar 12, 2021 It has not been so long ago that liberal politicians and billionaires were screeching about the dangers of extraction industries and the benefits of renewable energy sources, while at the same time refusing to allow a major wind farm off the coast of their Massachusetts estates because they were worried it would ruin the view. When Cape Wind failed, it was because the same people who were trying to kill the coal industry were also unwilling to put in place a renewable energy projec...

Mar 11, 2021 It has not been so long ago that liberal politicians and billionaires were screeching about the dangers of extraction industries and the benefits of renewable energy sources, while at the same time refusing to allow a major wind farm off the coast of their Massachusetts estates because they were worried it would ruin the view. When Cape Wind failed, it was because the same people who were trying to kill the coal industry were also unwilling to put in place a renewable energy projec...

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.

Mar 10, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is edging closer to federal approval, setting up what the Biden administration hopes will be a model for a sharp increase in offshore wind energy development along the East Coast. The Vineyard Wind project, south of Martha’s Vineyard near Cape Cod, would create 800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 homes in New England. If approved, the $2 billion project would be the first utility-scale wind power d...

Biden aims to double offshore wind production by 2030 as part of his administration’s efforts to combat climate change.

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Biden hopes to boost offshore wind as Massachusetts project advances By Matthew Daly and Patrick Whittle Published  Humans are the likely cause of the shift in Atlantic hurricane cycles, a new climate study suggests WASHINGTON - A huge wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is edging closer to federal approval, setting up what the Biden administration hopes will be a model for a sharp increase in offshore wind energy development along the East Coast. The Vineyard Wind project, south of Marthas ...

Matthew Daly And Patrick Whittle FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, file photo, three of Deepwater Winds turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I. A huge wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is edging closer to federal approval, setting up what the Biden administration hopes will be a model for a sharp increase in offshore wind energy development along the East Coast.(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) March 08, 2021 - 9:16 PM WASHINGTON - A huge wind farm of...