The Department of the Interior on Tuesday announced that it approved a proposed windfarm project in federal waters near Rhode Island, south of Martha's Vineyard.
The Revolution Wind project is another step toward the Biden administration's goal of developing 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, said U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
"Together with industry, labor and partners from coast to coast, we are building an entirely new industry off the east and west and Gulf coasts," Haaland said in a statement.The final version of the plan approved by the department calls for installing fewer turbines than originally proposed by the developer. The goal is to help reduce impacts to visual resources, the ocean floor habitat, and other ocean activities.
The plan identifies possible locations for the installation of 65 wind turbines and two offshore substations. Revolution Wind will create a fund to compensate for losses by recreational and commercial fisheries in
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