Fishermen's gets more time to amend US offshore proposal

Fishermen’s Energy has again asked New Jersey regulators to halt a review of its planned offshore wind development to give it time to counter claims that the project represents bad value for the state, Recharge has learned.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) agreed in August to suspend the review until next Monday (17 September) – the latest in a string of extensions to a process that already stretches back to May last year.

Fishermen’s Energy – which plans to build a 25-30MW demonstration wind farm some 4.5km off Atlantic City – hopes to use the interlude to refute claims by consultants working for state authorities that the project does not make economic sense for consumers.

If that finding is eventually upheld by BPU, the project would not Log in to read complete article.

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