Work is underway on a proposed wind power project that's still very much up in the air.
Fishermen's Energy held a groundbreaking Tuesday in Atlantic City for the onshore portion of its proposed project to locate five windmills about three miles off the city's coast by workers preparing for a connection cable.
The plan, rejected three times by New Jersey utility regulators, is the subject of a court appeal due to be heard in March.
But Fishermen's Energy is powering ahead with the plan anyway in order to take advantage of federal tax credits that expire at the end of the year.
The state Board of Public Utilities ruled last month there is no guarantee the project would receive all the subsidies it needs to generate electricity affordably.
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