The Interior Department said Tuesday that it had approved the construction of a new offshore wind facility near Rhode Island, making it the fourth major commercial-scale project the administration has greenlighted as it looks to deliver on its goal of adding 30 GW of offshore wind power by 2030.

Interior said in a statement that the Revolution Wind project will be located off of Point Judith, Rhode Island. Once operational, it said, the project will have an estimated capacity of 704 megawatts of clean energy, which is capable of powering nearly 250,000 homes.

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It will also create 1,200 local jobs during the construction phase of the process, Interior said.

The news marks the fourth commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved by Interior, following the Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts, the South Fork Wind project off the coasts of Rhode Island and New York, and the Ocean Wind 1 project in New Jersey.

In a statement, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said she is “more confident than ever” that the Revolution Wind project will help the United States to deliver its goal of reaching 30 GW from offshore wind power by the end of the decade.

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“Together with industry, labor and partners from coast to coast, we are building an entirely new industry off the east and west and Gulf coasts,” Haaland said.

“The Interior Department is committed to the Biden-Harris administration’s all-of-government approach to the clean energy future and delivering clean, reliable renewable energy to help respond to the climate crisis, lower energy costs, and create good-paying union jobs across the manufacturing, shipbuilding and construction sectors,” she said.