Shell-Ocean Winds’ gigascale SouthCoast Wind joint venture (JV) reached a major milestone in its federal permitting with the release of its draft environmental impact statement (EIS), one of the last steps in the approval process that could clear the development for construction as early as 2024.

Located 30 miles (48km) south of Martha’s Vineyard off Massachusetts’ seaboard, SouthCoast project envelope is for 2.4GW