offshore wind

Orsted backed out of plans to build wind farms along the New Jersey coast. NBC10’s Karen Hua talks to leaders on both sides of the issue about what happens next.

Danish energy developer Orsted is scrapping two large offshore wind power projects off the coast of New Jersey. The company said Tuesday it is scrapping its Ocean Wind I and II projects, citing supply chain issues as a reason to halt the projects.

Danish energy developer Orsted said Tuesday night it is scrapping two large offshore wind power projects off the coast of New Jersey, adding uncertainty to a nascent industry the Biden administration and many state governments are counting on to help transition away from the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels.

A giant smokestack that was part of the landscape for millions of tourists heading to Jersey Shore beaches came down Thursday morning. SkyForce10 was live above the scene.

The towering smokestack of the B.L. England Generating Station came down just after 10 a.m. Thursday

Cape May County and the groups filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court against two federal agencies — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management — seeking to reverse their approval of the Ocean Wind I project.

Orsted, the global wind energy developer, says its first offshore wind farm in New Jersey will be delayed until 2026 due to supply chain issues, higher interest rates, and a failure so far to garner enough tax credits from the federal government.

Opponents of offshore wind projects are suing New Jersey and the Danish wind energy developer Orsted over a lucrative tax break the state approved for the company.

A tangle of litigation could delay the start of New Jersey’s first offshore wind energy project, as developer Orsted is suing governments to stop delaying necessary permits, and citizens groups try to halt the project altogether.

Orsted’s Ocean Wind I project received clearance from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to begin construction on a wind farm 13 to 15 miles off the coast of Atlantic City and Ocean City.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a bill giving a tax break to Danish offshore wind developer Orsted for the first of two energy projects it plans to place in the waters off the Jersey Shore. And he faces pressure from another offshore wind company looking for similar assistance.

A company planning a wind farm off the coast of New Jersey says it wants government financial incentives like the tax break lawmakers are giving a Danish developer. Atlantic Shores says its project and the jobs it would create are “at risk” without additional help.

New Jersey lawmakers are considering letting Danish offshore wind developer Orsted keep tax credits that it otherwise would have to return to ratepayers. A state Senate panel advanced a bill Tuesday that would allow Orsted to keep federal tax credits to help counter what they termed lingering economic effects from the COVID-19 pandemic and elevated inflation. The state Ratepayer Advocate...

Republican state lawmakers and other New Jersey opponents of offshore wind turbines are calling for a 30- to 60-day moratorium on construction work at such sites to see if it would lead to a decrease in whale deaths. Four state senators hosted a online hearing about offshore wind energy generation and whale deaths on Wednesday. It came three weeks after...

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center has its hands full this year, with a series of unsolved dolphin and whale deaths and several seals stranded on the beaches. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg shows us how the nonprofit has been forced to make some tough decisions.

Republican congressmen are calling for a halt to offshore wind power projects. The call comes amid a spate of whale deaths on the U.S. East Coast. Thursday’s hearing in Wildwood could be the beginning of an expected campaign by the GOP-controlled House to investigate the Biden administration’s clean energy plans. Representatives from New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania held the hearing...

Growing concern about the rising number of marine mammals dying along our shores and the mystery as to what exactly the cause is. Brian Thompson reports.

Whale deaths at the Jersey Shore have led to growing calls for a pause on survey work related to planned offshore wind projects. Federal officials insist however that there is no scientific evidence linking the deaths to offshore wind projects. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg has the story.

New Jersey utility regulators are seeking additional offshore wind farm projects to generate electricity. The Board of Public Utilities approved a third solicitation of offshore wind projects Monday.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries says the U.S. is experiencing an uptick in whale strandings on the Atlantic, with nearly two dozen whales winding up dead on beaches since Dec. 1, 2022.