US Interior Department Greenlights Major Offshore Wind Project in New Jersey

Project involves construction of 195 wind turbines that will be supported by 10 offshore substations.

Wind turbines located at the Block Island Wind Farm near Block Island, Rhode Island, on July 7, 2022. John Moore/Getty Images

The Department of Interior announced its approval of a large-scale offshore wind turbine project in New Jersey on Tuesday.

The Interior Department stated that the Atlantic Shores South project will be located approximately 8 miles from the New Jersey shore and involve the construction of 195 wind turbines that will be supported by 10 offshore substations with subsea transmission cables “potentially making landfall in Atlantic City and Sea Girt, New Jersey.”