May 6, 2024 — Locations for offshore wind development have been selected off the Outer Cape.
The Biden administration this week published the location of eight areas proposed for lease in the Gulf of Maine, a body of water that runs from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia.
Wind energy developers will have the opportunity to bid on the leases in a future auction.
Six of the areas lie off the coast of Massachusetts and two off New Hampshire and Maine.
The closest to Cape Cod starts 25 miles off the Outer Cape. For comparison, that distance is about the same as the distance from Hyannis to Nantucket Harbor.
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