A gritty industrial waterfront in Paulsboro, NJ, is being turned into the site of the largest offshore wind manufacturing plant in the U.S., according to its developers and Gov. Phil Murphy, with European components and $250 million in state funding.
the National Marine Fisheries Service for violating the Endangered Species Act due, in part, to the impacts that the NJ Wind Port could have on the sturgeon.
A previously restored wetland on Lower Alloways Creek. The center of town in this small community is just 3 miles upstream from the NJ Wind Port."I've always supported offshore wind, but when you build a facility you have to do it right," Tittel said. "Those were coastal wetlands there, and for some reason, they were degraded, and now, because they're degraded wetlands, they've decided to remove them.
Many of the companies bidding or working to develop the fleet of planned U.S. offshore wind projects are European businesses, which has exacerbated tensions with residents and businesses fearful of their impacts. Other companies moving into the sector include wealthy oil companies looking to diversify from offshore drilling to offshore wind, compounding the public distrust of a new economic sector.
"Offshore wind is particularly important for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states, which lack the kind of onshore renewable generation potential that we benefit from in most of the country," said Dr. Jesse Jenkins, one of the Princeton researchers working on the project. "It may be possible to reach those goals without offshore wind but that would require substantially more long-distance transmission from the interior of the country.
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