
New England Offshore Wind Project Review Completed, Approval Verdict Looms
Published on February 27, 2024
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on Monday that it has completed the environmental review for the proposed New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. The proposed project is expected to generate up to 2,600 megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 900,000 homes, the agency stated in a Feb. 26 press release. “This document demonstrates the administration’s steady progress towards attaining clean energy goals that will better the lives of Americans now and in the future,” BOEM director Elizabeth Klein stated. The New England Wind project is located about 20 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and about 24 nautical miles southwest of Nantucket, Massachusetts....
