offshore wind

A group studying the economics of offshore wind energy in the U.S. says building and operating the nascent industry will be worth $109 billion to businesses in its supply chain over the next 10 years

New Jersey officials say they support offshore wind energy as a way to address climate change but caution that the industry will also bring side effects

A company that has already received preliminary approval to build a wind farm off the southern coast of New Jersey is planning a second project

Governor Phil Murphy was accompanied by a number of officials in Salem County on Thursday for the groundbreaking on a brand new wind port in New Jersey. Murphy is optimistic that the port will generate up to 1500 jobs.

New Jersey and federal officials have broken ground on a facility designed to help the state take a leadership position in the burgeoning offshore wind energy industry on the East Coast

The Biden administration and nine Mid-Atlantic states involved in the nascent offshore wind industry are in talks to mitigate revenues losses to commercial fishing industries as offshore wind farms are built, New Jersey officials said in a statement.

The Garden State’s push to become one of the early adopters of offshore wind farms off the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States has riled some residents, the fishing industry and at least one environmental group that wants prudent development.

Joseph Fiordaliso began as a high school teacher before jumping into politics. His winding road to president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, which oversees approvals of offshore wind farms, includes a bit of luck and a lot of “learning on the job.”

New Jersey’s public utilities board approved 2,658 megawatts in two offshore wind projects, adding to a 1,100-megawatt farm approved in 2019. The first turbines are expected to begin rising miles off the coast in mid-2023.

Lawmakers from Jersey Shore towns are pushing back against a bill meant to fast-track offshore wind energy projects by taking away local control over transmission lines and other onshore infrastructure.

New Jersey is expected to approve up to 2,400 megawatts of offshore wind energy at a June 24 meeting of the state’s Board of Public Utilities, putting the Garden State at the forefront of the renewable energy movement.

A company hoping to build a wind power farm off the New Jersey coast is partnering with Rutgers University and the state’s clam industry to study the potential impacts of wind farms on clams.

A large offshore wind energy project planned off the coast of New Jersey will connect onshore to two former power plants, and cables will run under two of the state’s most popular beaches

New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, Ørsted’s 1,100-megawatt Ocean Wind, is generating hopes for the future as well as worries about the potential impact on the environment, fishing and tourism. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg has reactions from the public who weighed in Tuesday at the first of three public hearings.

The White House on Monday designated a portion of the Atlantic Ocean off of New Jersey and New York as a “wind energy area,” assuring hundreds of wind turbines will be coming this decade. Here’s what it really means.

American offshore wind farms, of which there are 17 in the works for the Atlantic Ocean, are no longer far off on the horizon. The overall magnitude of this emerging renewable energy industry is starting to take shape.

The first wave of offshore wind farms are being considered for the Mid-Atlantic between North Carolina and Massachusetts. Advocates are pushing for hundreds of the nearly Eiffel Tower-sized turbines by 2030. Here’s why they are considered key to America’s energy future.

Atlantic Shores, one of two developers with federal leases for offshore wind developments along the New Jersey coast, came to an agreement with local unions that could create “hundreds and hundreds” of clean energy jobs in the next decade.

The new Biden administration has some infrastructure experts thinking big, as the federal government under the Democratic president may fund projects to invigorate the economy like public transit expansion and offshore wind.

A South Jersey port on the Delaware River is trying to become one of the first to get in on construction for offshore wind farms, which are expected to begin popping up all along the East Coast in the next decade.