The US Department of the Interior approved another offshore wind project on Tuesday, bringing the total approved offshore wind capacity to over 13 gigawatts (GW).

On Tuesday, the ninth project was given the green light by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, according to the Department of the Interior.

”The Biden-Harris Administration is building momentum every day for a clean energy future. Today’s milestone is another step toward our ambitious goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore energy by 2030,” said Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.

The new offshore wind farm is the Atlantic Shores South Wind project, which consists of two offshore wind farms - 1 and 2 - and associated export cables that are expected to generate up to 2,800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power close to one million homes with renewable energy.

Located off the coast of New Jersey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the construction of up to 195 wind turbines for the offshore wind farm. 

English edit: Catherine Brett