President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday their approval of another large offshore wind project off of the coast of Martha's Vineyard, despite ongoing legal battles to block similar projects.
The Interior Department approved the New England Wind Project, a planned commercial off-shore project roughly 20 nautical miles south of Martha's Vineyard and 24 nautical miles southwest of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The planned wind farm would include up to 129 wind turbines off of the coast of the island, the location of some of the wealthiest homes in the United States.
Haaland pointedly noted that former President Donald Trump's administration had delayed the production of offshore wind energy.
Fishing groups and area landowners filed a series of lawsuits in 2023 to block an earlier approved wind project off of the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
The Vineyard wind project officially started sending power from one operating turbine in January 2024, with plans to ultimately get 62 wind turbines operational.
The Biden administration is siding with wind turbine projects, approving proposals at a rapid pace with the goal of getting 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind power flowing into the grid by 2030.
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