Biden administration approves construction of major wind farm for Rhode Island
Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it has approved construction of a large-scale wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island that will supply 70,000 of New York homes with power.
The Department of the Interior in a statement said that the 130-megawatt South Fork Wind project will be constructed about 19 miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island, and 35 miles east of Montauk Point, New York, and will create 340 jobs in the process.
"We have no time to waste in cultivating and investing in a clean energy economy that can sustain us for generations," said Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
The project is the second major offshore wind project in U.S. federal waters after the first commercial project broke ground in Massachusetts last week.
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