September 23, 2021
Story published in the Patch
Quoted: Allie Horn, Sierra Club NJ Chapter Offshore Wind Committee Co-Chair
In a huge step forward on the renewable energy front — but concerning to some who live along the Shore — starting next year, construction will begin on what will one day be part of the largest offshore wind farm in the nation.
And it's located 15 miles off the most popular stretch of beaches on the Jersey Shore.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has so far awarded offshore wind capacity rights to two companies, Danish wind supplier Ørsted and Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, operated by a subsidiary of Shell, to construct three separate wind farms off the New Jersey coast.
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