Biden Approves Third Major Offshore Wind Project in USA

The first and largest offshore wind project of New Jersey will have an estimated capacity of 1,100 megawatts of clean energy which is enough to power over 380,000 homes.

July 07, 2023. By Anurima Mondal

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved the plan for construction and operations of the Ocean Wind 1 project offshore. Located about 13 nautical miles southeast of Atlantic City, the first and largest offshore wind project of New Jersey will have an estimated capacity of 1,100 megawatts of clean energy which is enough to power over 380,000 homes.

The announcement marks the Biden-Harris administration’s third approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project in the United States, joining the Vineyard Wind project offshore Massachusetts and the South Fork Wind project offshore Rhode Island and New York, both now under construction and being built by union labor. The new offshore project is expected to create more than 3,000 good-paying jobs through development and a three-year construction cycle.

Talking about the development, US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said, “By working closely with state and local leaders, tribes, ocean users, and other stakeholders, we are moving forward with responsible clean energy development that will benefit communities, while also mitigating potential impacts on the environment or marine life.”

These projects represent significant progress toward the Administration’s goals of developing 30 gigawatts of clean, renewable offshore wind energy by the year 2030, while protecting biodiversity and multiple uses of the ocean.

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