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Biden administration approves commercial-scale offshore wind project near Rhode Island

By Breanne Deppisch
Published August 22, 2023 8:45pm ET
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Biden administration approves commercial-scale offshore wind project near Rhode Island
Wind turbines from the Deepwater Wind project are installed off Block Island, R.I., Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Deepwater Wind's $300 million five-turbine wind farm off Block Island is expected to be operational this fall. | (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)


The Interior Department said Tuesday that it had approved the construction of a new offshore wind facility near Rhode Island, making it the fourth major commercial-scale project the administration has greenlighted as it looks to deliver on its goal of adding 30 GW of offshore wind power by 2030.

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