Ocean Wind 1 News Today

The Biden administration has approved the largest offshore wind energy project yet in US waters, to be located off the coast of New Jersey.

Three groups including Save LBI, Defend Brigantine Beach, and Protect Our Coast NJ have filed a lawsuit challenging the DEP approval of Orsted's Ocean Wind 1.

Public financial support for New Jersey’s offshore wind projects has come under scrutiny as Ørsted seeks to obtain access to federal tax credits.

New Jersey’s massive $1 billion play to jump start a new energy industry based on harnessing wind power is proceeding apace on the banks of the Delaware River.

BOEM concluded that Ocean Wind 1 combined with other projects will have a “major” impact on scenic and visual factors and on scientific research.

New Jerseys largest offshore wind farm would have a “major” effect on fisheries and "visual resources,” but only a moderate impact in other areas, BOEM found.

Cape May County has appealed a BPU decision to grant Ørsted an easement to run transmission from the state’s first OSW project to an onshore substation.

ELLSWORTH — How offshore wind energy installations, and their construction and decommissioning, will affect endangered and threatened wildlife received its first biological opinion April 4, for the Ocean Wind 1

A federal scientific agency says New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm may “adversely...