U.S. offshore wind - yet another cancellation (Ocean Wind One and Ocean Wind Two off of N.J.)

[progree]

New Jersey Terminates Ocean Wind Projects Amidst Environmental Concerns, Tampa Free Press, 8/14/24

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has officially revoked its prior approvals for the Ocean Wind One and Ocean Wind Two offshore wind projects.

This decision comes after Cape May County filed lawsuits challenging the projects, citing environmental concerns.

". . . lease areas just a few miles off Cape May County beaches. As we have seen in Nantucket over the past few weeks, these industrial electricity-generating facilities represent an unacceptable threat to our environment and, consequently, to our local economy. In Nantucket, the disintegration of a single turbine blade has led to tens of thousands of pounds of fiberglass, foam, industrial adhesive, and other contaminants in the water and washing up on local beaches, which have had to be closed. We cannot allow that to happen to Cape May County.”

((Orsted, a Danish company, was the company that would have built them. Another article says the two projects combined would have come to 2248 MW -P))
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-jersey-terminates-ocean-wind-projects-amidst-environmental-concerns/ar-AA1oONvL

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Another blow to the US’ offshore wind ambitions, The Verge, 8/15/24
Revolution Wind, also a project by Orsted.

This article has an overview of east cost wind projects,

Soon after stepping into office, President Biden set a goal of ramping up US offshore wind capacity from just 42MW to 30,000MW by the end of the decade. The US is still far from that target, with active projects in the pipeline estimated in July to total 4,800 MW of new capacity if they make it to the finish line.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/another-blow-to-the-us-offshore-wind-ambitions/ar-AA1oS4Bp

[werdna]

1. Sure, but if oil were discovered offshore -?n/t

[NNadir]

2. As a citizen of New Jersey, I certainly applaud this environmental victory; we don't need more debris in our seas.

The wind industry has proved worse than useless in addressing extreme global heating. It has done nothing more than suck up money while building a false sense of complacency. Now that the junk is coming apart at the seams, increasing its already unacceptable lack of reliability, we should move on.

This said, the issue of climate is still before us. I wonder if Oyster Creek is in a condition by which it can be refurbished and restarted. I have no insight into this, but if it's a Holtec project, I'm sure they'll look into it.