Offshore wind project near Martha's Vineyard approved

An offshore wind project off Massachusetts that would create 800 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 homes, was approved Tuesday by the federal government.

The Vineyard Wind project, south of Martha’s Vineyard near Cape Cod, would be the first utility-scale wind power development in federal waters. The $2 billion project is a critical piece of the Biden administration’s plan to grow renewable energy in the U.S.