Biden administration approves eleventh-hour wind farm, ahead of expected Trump rollbacks

Published December 23, 2024 11:30am ET



The Biden administration has offered up its approval for a massive wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, as part of its last-minute push to boost climate-adjacent projects before Donald Trump takes office in less than a month.

The Interior Department announced its approval of the SouthCoast Wind Project on Friday, marking the 11th time the Biden administration approved a commercial-scale offshore wind project — totaling over 19 gigawatts of anticipated clean power.

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