Land-based wind turbines in Atlantic City. Danish company Orsted has canceled plans for an offshore wind farm that would have powered about a million homes. Atlantic City was counting on jobs that the project would have created.this week that it is abandoning both of its massive projects planned off the New Jersey coast is a stinging blow to Gov. Phil Murphy’s ambitious goal of addressing climate change that threatens the state’s coast.
“Today’s decision by Orsted to abandon its commitments to New Jersey is outrageous and calls into question the company’s credibility and competence,” the governor said in a statement. “As recently as several weeks ago, the company made public statements regarding the viability and progress of the Ocean Wind 1 project.”
From 2021: With offshore wind, New Jersey could be launching its biggest job creator ‘since the casinos’ “Atlantic Shores remains committed to delivering safe, reliable, renewable power and establishing a thriving domestic offshore wind industry anchored in New Jersey,” Joris Veldhoven, the company’s CEO said in an emailed statement to The Inquirer on Wednesday. “This means supporting New Jersey in meeting its clean energy goals and driving economic growth.”
The leases spanned 480,000 acres in the New York Bight, which, despite the name, falls mostly off the coast of New Jersey, spanning from Long Island, N.Y., to Cape May.