WindAction | Feds approve offshore wind farms off Long Branch to power NY homes
Federal regulators approved the construction and operation of two offshore wind facilities this week, projects that would power between 700,000 and 1 million New York homes and be built off Long Branch and Long Island. Empire Wind would cover 80,000 acres of Atlantic ocean and power about 1 million New York homes, according to the company's website. Empire Wind is a partnership between Equinor, a Norwegian energy and petroleum company, and BP, the oil and gas company formerly known as British Petroleum.