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Offshore wind power could provide twice the amount of energy needed to power the Atlantic coast states
America’s 11th offshore wind farm approved
South Coast Wind project expected to power more than 840,000 homes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island with renewable energy
On Friday, December 20th the U.S. Department of the Interior approved the nation’s 11th utility scale offshore wind project. The project gets America one step closer to its goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030.
The 141 turbine South Coast Wind project is proposed to be located 20 miles south of Nantucket, and is projected to produce enough energy to power 840,000 average homes when it is completed.
“Every offshore wind farm that gets built off our shores moves our nation closer to a greener and healthier future,” said Johanna Neumann, Senior Director of the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy at Environment America Research & Policy Center. “If all eleven approved wind farms get built, millions of American households will be powered by the winds blowing off our shores, with none of the pollution that harms our planet or the health of our loved ones.”
29 states have offshore wind potential. America’s offshore wind resources are big enough to produce more electricity than the nation currently consumes. Check out Offshore Wind for America to learn more about your state’s potential to produce energy from the power of the wind blowing off our shores.
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