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<p><font size="4">"The United States’ offshore wind industry is tiny, with just seven wind turbines operating off <a href="https://us.orsted.com/wind-projects">Rhode Island</a> and <a href="https://www.dominionenergy.com/projects-and-facilities/wind-power-facilities-and-projects/coastal-virginia-offshore-wind">Virginia</a>. The few attempts to build large-scale wind farms <a href="https://singularityhub.com/2021/02/07/artificial-island-in-the-north-sea-will-harvest-wind-energy-at-a-huge-scale/">like Europe’s</a> have run into long delays, but that may be about to change.</font></p><font size="4">
</font><p><font size="4">On May 11, 2021, the <a href="https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-approves-first-major-offshore-wind-project-us-waters">US government issued the final federal approval</a>
 for the Vineyard Wind project, a utility-scale wind farm that has been 
over a decade in the planning. The wind farm’s developers plan to 
install 62 giant turbines in the Atlantic Ocean about <a href="https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2021/5/11/vineyard-wind-receives-record-of-decision">15 miles off Martha’s Vineyard</a>, Massachusetts, with enough capacity to power 400,000 homes with clean energy.</font></p><font size="4">
</font><p><font size="4">The project is the first approved since the Biden administration 
announced a goal in March to develop 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind 
capacity this decade and promised to accelerate the federal review 
process. To put that goal in perspective, the US has just 42 megawatts 
today. Vineyard Wind expects to add 800 megawatts <a href="https://www.vineyardwind.com/press-releases/2021/3/29/vineyard-wind-statement-on-the-biden-administrations-offshore-wind-jumpstart">in 2023</a>.</font></p><font size="4">
</font><p><font size="4">So, are we finally seeing the launch of a thriving <a href="https://singularityhub.com/2019/06/28/the-biggest-offshore-wind-project-in-the-us-is-officially-underway/">offshore wind</a> industry in the North America?"</font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/12/the-us-just-approved-its-first-big-offshore-wind-farm-and-its-a-breakthrough-for-the-industry/">https://singularityhub.com/2021/05/12/the-us-just-approved-its-first-big-offshore-wind-farm-and-its-a-breakthrough-for-the-industry/</a></font></p>

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