Rhonda
Jackson,
a
spokeswoman
for
Fishermen’s
Energy
tells
Recharge:
“This
is
huge.
We
are
very,
very
close
to
starting
the
project."
The
developer,
a
consortium
formed
by
several
US
East
Coast
fishing
companies,
plans
to
place
six
turbines
in
shallow
waters
about
4.5km
from
shore.
The
turbines
will
have
maximum
25MW
total
combined
capacity.
The
New
Jersey
Department
of
Environmental
Protection’s
(DEP)
decision
comes
after
a
comprehensive
technical
and
legal
review
of
the
project
application,
and
follows
a
public
consultation
period
which
encountered
no
opposition.
The
DEP
permits
cover
coastal
development…
