Editor’s note: Nearly 344,000 offshore acres were auctioned off on November 9th in New Jersey for potential wind energy development by the BOEM, or the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. If developed, it’s predicted the waters could support about 3,400 MW of future wind-power generation. Here are the results based on a press…
Interior to auction 344,000 acres of New Jersey offshore waters for wind-power development
Editor’s note: As part of President Obama’s comprehensive Climate Action Plan to develop more clean energy resources and create more jobs, the waters off New Jersey’s shores are officially up for sale. In an attempt to attract more offshore wind development in the U.S., the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper…