Vineyard Wind

Good luck to Martha's Vineyard, and good luck to the New Bedford fishing fleet. Your government is once again conspiring against you.

Vineyard Wind became the first approved commercial-scale offshore wind project in the country on Tuesday.

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Federal officials say the first commercial-scale offshore wind power development in U.S. history is edging closer to approval.

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Wednesday that it will resume its review of the 800-megawatt wind farm planned for 15 miles south of Martha's Vineyard.

The offshore wind developers say they are still on track to start delivering clean power by 2023.

New Bedford's fishing industry is celebrating the announcement that Vineyard Wind has withdrawn from the federal permitting process and the process has ended.

The lease agreements commit the facility to full-time offshore wind work from 2023 into 2027 and are worth more than $32.5 million.

The New Bedford Port Authority and UMass Dartmouth will help conduct research under a BOEM grant.

Kennedy announced the endorsements of three Massachusetts labor unions: IBEW Local 103, Teamsters Local 25 and the Massachusetts State Council of Machinists.