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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jul 5, 2021, 07:13 PM Jul 2021

New Jersey approves two 1 Gigawatt+ offshore wind projects

By the end of the decade, New Jersey's beaches are set to have a view of something other than crashing waves. The state is pushing for aggressive development of offshore wind, having already approved a 1.1 GW wind farm. Yesterday, the state more than doubled its planned projects, reaching agreements that will let two additional 1 GW+ wind farms go into the waters off the southern portion of the state.

Perhaps as significant in the long run, both projects include an agreement that will see critical components of the wind farm assembled in a New Jersey port that the state is promoting as a hub for future offshore wind developments.

A multinational effort

The earlier agreement New Jersey put into place was for a project called Ocean Wind, a joint project between the state's major utility, PSE&G, and the Danish energy developer Ørsted, a major player in offshore wind. One of the projects approved yesterday is Ocean Wind II, which plans for another 1.1 GW of capacity supplied by using GE's Halide X turbines. These projects will be sited to the east of Cape May, the southernmost part of the state.

The second project is called Atlantic Shores, a joint effort between Shell New Energies (a division of the fossil fuel giant) and EDF Renewables, part of Électricité de France. Vestas, another Danish company, will provide the generating hardware. The project will supply 1.5 GW of capacity.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/new-jersey-awards-deals-for-two-massive-offshore-wind-projects/

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New Jersey approves two 1 Gigawatt+ offshore wind projects (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP
Good deal for my home state... AZ8theist Jul 2021 #1
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