June 21, 2010
Draft Of Offshore Wind Report Shows Minimal Environmental Impact
The draft of a two-year research project led by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) shows minimal environmental impact would occur at sites proposed for several wind energy projects off the coast of New Jersey.
Designed by scientists from the DEP, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Minerals Management Service, the completed study is expected to help identify optimum sites off the New Jersey coast for wind energy projects that would have the least impact on the environment.
The draft of the final report shows there would be negligible impacts to bird, fish and marine mammal life caused by wind turbines, which could be located from 3 to 20 miles out to sea, from Barnegat Bay to Hereford Inlet off the coast of Atlantic, Ocean and Cape May counties. Read more…
