Opponents in Cape May County, N.J., to plans by renewable energy developer Orsted and New Jersey utility PSEG to build onshore connections for the state's first offshore wind energy farm—the 1.1-GW Ocean Winds 1 project—used a public hearing to step up their ongoing fight.
The latest skirmish comes as the state Board of Public Utilities announced Sept. 28 its approval of the developers' plan to route the transmission line from up to 99 project wind turbines located about 15 miles offshore from the county under streets of Ocean City, N.J., located south or Atlantic City, to the land-based power grid via a substation to be located at the former B.L. England coal and oil-fired power plant in Upper Township.