Interior Department proposes offshore wind lease sale in Massachusetts

Utility Dive: Right now there is only one offshore wind facility in operation in the U.S.: the 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island. But the industry is gearing up for a major buildout, with projects proposed in several states on the East Coast. Now the Trump administration, pro-fossil fuel development, appears intent on expanding the resource as well.

In a statement, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said the proposed lease sale supports the Trump Administration's "all-of-the-above energy policy" as well as "using every tool available to achieve American energy dominance."

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