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Getting rid of the minimum offer price rule could alter the fuel mix in the six-state region, where natural gas accounted for more than half of the

Governor Baker favors legislation that would remove price cap provisions for future offshore wind bids, and also put $750 million towards the state's clean energy industry

Vineyard Wind Blows In America’s first major offshore wind project is a triumph for clean energy and a stark reminder that the U.S. is way behind in combating the climate crisis. Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP A National Wildlife Federation group takes a boat tour of the Block Island, Rhode Island, Wind Farm, June 2017. This week, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved an 800-megawatt, $2.8 billion wind energy project in Massachusetts waters south of Martha’s Vineyard. The project, named Vineyard Wind, is the first utility-scale offshore prop...

Originally published on May 11, 2021 6:47 pm The country’s first large-scale offshore wind project has cleared its final significant regulatory hurdle, bringing the long-anticipated U.S. offshore wind revolution one step closer to reality. On Tuesday, the U.S. Interior Department announced it had approved Vineyard Wind’s plan to build an 800-megawatt wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. This so-called “Record of Decision” comes two months after the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) completed a final environmental review of the project. This “is a significan...

The New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal will serve as the onshore staging ground for Vineyard Wind's project. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) The country’s first large-scale offshore wind project has cleared its final significant regulatory hurdle, bringing the long-anticipated U.S. offshore wind revolution one step closer to reality. On Tuesday, the U.S. Interior Department announced it had approved Vineyard Wind’s plan to build an 800-megawatt wind farm off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. This so-called “Record of Decision” comes two months after the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (...