Offshore Wind Energy

October 1, 2016- The Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island is the first US offshore wind farm. Five Halide 6MW turbines, recently installed by Deepwater Wind, are being commissioned for use. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)

SOME OBJECTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS.

The South Jersey Chapter would be happy to see wind energy projects off of our coast. But we don’t have an Environmental Impact Statement yet, so we are holding off on any final decision about these projects until we have all of the information.

Note there is a short two-pager here and a longer FAQ about the proposed project here. It is about 15 pages including lots of footnotes.

Two Pager about Wind Energy in General

And here is a longer FAQ on the proposal off of South Jersey

The official policy on renewable ocean energy from Surfrider Foundation is here. And here is a recorded webinar about wind energy off of NJ presented by Surfrider Foundation’s very own Matt Gove! About one hour long!