Nation’s largest offshore wind farm clears final federal hurdle

The nation’s largest offshore wind farm has won its final federal permit to raise more than 176 turbines off the coast of Virginia Beach, a federal council said Wednesday. The $9.8 billion wind farm, being built by the Richmond, Virginia, utility Dominion Energy, could power more than 600,000 homes. It received its final federal approval earlier this month with an air quality permit from EPA.

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