March 9, 2021 — After recent delays, federal officials have completed their final environmental review of the Vineyard Wind project, which is expected to deliver clean, renewable energy to hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts homes by 2023.
The Department of Interior announced Monday that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) completed a review that had been terminated in the final weeks of the Trump administration after Vineyard Wind withdrew a key plan.
However, just weeks into the Biden administration, and after Vineyard Wind “rescinded” its withdrawal of the plan, BOEM announced it was resuming its review “in support of the Biden administration’s goal to address climate change and promote offshore renewable energy production.”