Vineyard Wind Project 

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• The USA has approved the nation's first major offshore wind farm, billing it as the launch of a new domestic energy industry that will help eliminate emissions from the power sector. 

• Vineyard Wind Project is the first major offshore wind farm that is to power 400,000 homes. The project aims to install 84 turbines in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Vineyard Wind final federal approval to install 84 or fewer turbines off Massachusetts as part of an 800-megawatt offshore wind energy facility. 

• The project is expected to create 3,600 area jobs and will power up to 400,000 homes.