PSEG Renewable Generation and Winergy Power Holdings have submitted a proposal to the New Jersey Office of Clean Energy to build a 350MW wind farm about 16 miles off the shore of south New Jersey.
The wind farm will be called Garden State Offshore Energy and, subject to receipt of all required permits, financing and other conditions, could be fully operational in 2013.
The project is expected to consist of 96 turbines arranged in a rectangular grid off the coast of Cape May and Atlantic counties of New Jersey. The wind farm will be located as far offshore as commercially feasible to make it virtually invisible from land, according to the firms.
This proposal was submitted in response to a solicitation by the Office of Clean Energy (OCE), which was established by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. The solicitation was for formal proposals to build a large-scale pilot wind farm off the New Jersey shore in order to gain experience constructing and operating an offshore wind project and to determine if similar projects should be built.
If chosen by the OCE, the project is expected to apply for permits and conduct additional feasibility and environmental studies. The decision to build as well as final location, design and construction schedules could be affected by these studies.