The SouthCoast Wind offshore energy farm has officially received a green light from the federal government, paving the way for a project that could spur development in Somerset.
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the approval on Friday, making SouthCoast Wind the 11th commercial-scale offshore wind farm OK’d under President Joe Biden’s tenure.
SouthCoast Wind has leased area in federal waters about 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard to build a farm of wind turbines. For the past several years, it has planned to deliver its electricity via a substation in Somerset.
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