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By Keith Goldberg (May 9, 2022, 6:47 PM EDT) -- The Biden administration is moving aggressively to open more federal waters to offshore wind development, but experts caution that the momentum is threatened by the stubborn challenge of building the power lines needed to get wind farms and other clean energy projects on the grid.

Positive signs abound for U.S. offshore wind development, from last year's approval of the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm to a record-breaking $4.4 billion federal lease sale in February and the promise of future lease sales and project approvals on both coasts.

But experts say that regulators and industry can't lose sight of the fact...

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Heerema is partnering for the installation at the Beacon and Empire wind farms (Heerema)

PublishedMay 9, 2022 7:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Wind developers are awarding contracts as they prepare to move into the offshore construction of wind farms and then to provide ongoing support and maintenance. Both U.S. companies and international leaders in the offshore sector are benefitting from these contracts for the first large U.S. offshore wind farms.

Dutch marine contractor Heerema was selected as a strategic supplier by Equinor to support the installation of both the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind projects being developed in a joint venture between Equinor and BP offshore from New York and Massachusetts. The contract covers a seven-year period with Heerema responsible for transportation and installation services of wind farm foundations and offshore substations for the East Coast projects. Heerema will collaborate with Equinor and BP in the preparation and Jones Act compliant execution of the projects.

DEME and Foss will operate a feeder barge to support the Vineyard installation (DEME)

Similarly, DEME Offshore US, a division of the Belgium company providing Jones Act compliant feeder solutions to support the transport and installation for the Vineyard Wind 1 project is located off the coast of Massachusetts, announced last week contracts to develop motion compensation technology as part of the feeder concept on the Vineyard Wind 1 project. DEME Offshore is responsible for the transportation and installation including the monopile foundations, offshore substation, and 62 GE Haliade offshore wind turbines for the wind farm.

As part of this program to meet Jones Act requirements, Foss Maritime is partnering with DEME Offshore in the development of the smart feeder barge concept. DEME also has a five-year agreement with the Dutch company Barge Master, where it will utilize four motion compensation platforms which will be installed on the Foss Maritime barges. The U.S.-flagged barges and tugs will transport the components to DEMEs specialized offshore installation vessels. When arriving alongside the installation vessel the Barge Master motion compensation technology ensures safe lifting operations for the components.

Patriot will build a CTV to support Vineyard Wind (Vineyard)

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, also announced today the next construction project at a U.S. shipyard and charter for the crew transfer vessel. Patriot Offshore Maritime Services will construct the CTV at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in Somerset, Massachusetts, using a proven catamaran design by Incat Crowther. The 88-foot vessel will transport up to 24 technicians and personnel and when delivered in mid2023 will be deployed to support the wind farms construction. Vineyard also has the option to charter additional CTVs from Patriot as part of their marine logistic strategy. The vessel will initially operate from New Bedford and other Massachusetts ports during the construction of Vineyard Wind 1 and then be based in Vineyard Haven during the projects operation and management phase.

The growth of the offshore wind sector is creating business opportunities and to meet their contractual and legal obligations the developers are creating business and jobs in the U.S. maritime sector.

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A first of its kind in the U.S., offshore wind developer rsted and North Americas Building and Trade Unions (NABTU) have agreed to a historic national project labor agreement (PLA) for offshore wind projects along the Atlantic Coast. The agreement sets better standards for working conditions, equity, and pay standards, a livable wage in an industry that is flourishing.

The project labor agreement signed today is proof that labor and employers working together can create an equitable clean energy transition with opportunity for everyone, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said. When we make good on our values workers rights, gender and racial justice, economic equality, and safe and healthy workplaces then we all win.

An American union workforce ensures rsteds offshore wind farms in the United States work for present generations as well as for future generations. We will be saying goodbye to last centurys outdated fossil fuels in the best way possible.

The Biden Administration has offered and increased the hope that the offshore wind industry will provide good-paying union jobs. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) estimates the Biden Administrations goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power by 2030 will create more than 80,000 new jobs.

NABTUs highly trained men and women professionals have the best craft skills in the world. This partnership will not only expand tens of thousands of career opportunities for them to flourish in the energy transition but also lift up even more people into the middle-class, said Sean McGarvey, President of NABTU. The constant drumbeat of public support for unions being important to maintain and build the middle class helped secure this momentous achievement. We commend rsted, AFL-CIO President Shuler, the Biden Administration and many Congressional leaders for their help and support to make todays signing a reality and for setting forth a new framework for middle-class job creation in all energy sectors.

The release confirms that rsted has committed $23 million to start, support, and continually enhance the fresh programming that will prepare American workers for jobs in offshore wind. While directly creating approximately 80,000 jobs with 5.75 million-plus union work hours, there will also be tens of thousands more indirect jobs in manufacturing, maritime work, logistics, and clean energy technology.

This has been authorized by 15 International Union Presidents and their local affiliates. The National Offshore Wind Agreement (NOWA) covers all of rsteds contractors and subcontractors that will perform offshore wind farm construction for the companys offshore wind projects along the U.S. East Coast, from Maine to Florida.

Delaware Business Now confirms rsted, with its joint venture arrangements, has six offshore wind projects in development that total approximately 5,000 megawatts of power capacity, enough to power more than two million homes. Along with the ones off the coast of Maryland and Delaware, rsted is developing Skipjack Wind, a 966-megawatt project.

rsted CEO David Hardy said the deal sets the industry standard for offshore wind farming.

The signing of this unprecedented agreement is historic for Americas workers and our energy future, said NABTU President Sean McGarvey. NABTUs highly trained men and women professionals have the best craft skills in the world. This partnership will not only expand tens of thousands of career opportunities for them to flourish in the energy transition but also lift up even more people into the middle class.

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Industry reports project that offshore wind will directly create approximately 80,000 jobs with 5.75 million-plus union work hours and tens of thousands more indirect jobs in manufacturing, maritime work, logistics and clean energy technology. Positioning the U.S. as a global offshore wind energy leader, the NOWA training and employment provisions will increase union construction workforce capabilities to build complex offshore wind energy infrastructure and propel forward a new commercial-scale domestic energy industry. Portfolio-wide, rsted has already committed $23 million to enhance or establish new programming that will prepare American workers for jobs in offshore wind.

rsted operates Americas first offshore wind farm, Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island, and has the largest U.S. offshore wind energy portfolio. rsted, with its joint venture arrangements, has six offshore wind projects in development, which include approximately 5,000 megawatts, enough to power more than 2 million homes. In New England, the company and its joint venture partner, Eversource, are building Revolution Wind (704 MW), Sunrise Wind (924 MW) and South Fork Wind (132 MW). rsteds New Jersey projects include Ocean Wind 1 (1,100 MW), in partnership with PSEG, and Ocean Wind 2 (1,148 MW). In Maryland, rsted is developing Skipjack Wind (966 MW). Todays announcement builds on the developers successful history of using union labor to deliver high quality projects in partnership with local building trades councils like the South Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council, the Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council, and the New York Greater Capital Region Council. Together, the local PLAs and the NOWA, demonstrate rsteds commitment to American organized labor as a true partner in building this new industry.

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Gov. Phil Murphy has made offshore wind a centerpiece of his push for cleaner energy. DANIEL MUNOZ

Evidence abounds that New Jerseys offshore wind industry is taking flight. From the emphasis on the technology placed by Gov. Phil Murphys administration to a mega-conference held in Atlantic City to the awarding of construction projects to the development of needed infrastructure to educational programs and partnerships, there can be no mistake that we are watching the launch of potentially multibillion-dollar industry in real-time.

During his recent trip to Ireland, Murphy hosted a panel with wind power developer rsted, highlighting the importance of renewable energy projects.

New Jersey is already experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change, and we must meet those challenges with bold, intentional action. Through my administration, New Jersey has one of the most aggressive solicitation schedules for the offshore wind industry, setting a goal of 7,500 megawatts by 2035, Murphy said. There is no other renewable energy resource that provides us with electric generation or the economic growth potential of offshore wind. To aid our efforts, we are constructing an offshore-wind component manufacturing facility and also building the New Jersey Wind Port, which will make us the logistic hub for the offshore wind energy along the entirety of the eastern United States.

At the center of all of this is New Jerseys first offshore wind project, Ocean Wind 1, which rsted and PSEG have teamed up to build. The 1,100-megawatt project is expected to power 500,000 New Jersey homes. While Ocean Wind 1 is not likely to be completed until early 2024, work has been ramping up.

Just last month, Ocean Wind 1 awarded its first three major construction contracts. JINGOLI Power LLC and Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. were awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contracts for the installation of two high voltage substations and nearly 9 miles of underground cable that will connect the offshore wind farm to the onshore electric grid at two landfall points.

The awarding of these construction contracts marks significant milestones in moving the states first offshore wind project forward, said Grant van Wyngaarden, head of procurement, rsted North America. We are focused on doing all we can to meet the states timeline for delivering the Ocean Wind 1 project, hiring locally, creating job opportunities, and encouraging supply chain growth to help the offshore wind industry.

That announcement was followed by another, just days later, with the signing of a Letter of Intent between rsted and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority for the company to lease the New Jersey Wind Port in Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County for two years, starting in April 2024.

Murphy made the announcement during a speech at the Business Network for Offshore Winds International Partnering Forum (IPF) in Atlantic City, which drew more than 2,000 attendees, and featured experts from the industry.

The New Jersey Wind Port is a historic and catalytic investment. As a state, weve committed more than $500 million to build the essential infrastructure required to install offshore wind projects from our shores, Murphy said.

We are thrilled to welcome Ocean Wind 1 to Salem County as the New Jersey Wind Ports first tenant. By partnering with rsted and PSEG, the New Jersey Wind Port will create hundreds of high-quality jobs and will drive millions of dollars of investment back into our communities, said New Jersey Economic Development Authority Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan.

To that end, investment is being made in many of these South Jersey counties, such as Salem, Atlantic and Gloucester.

Last month, U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, D-1st District, announced a $2.8 million grant from the United States Economic Development Administration to expand the Paulsboro Water Treatment Plant to prepare for the expected job growth from the Paulsboro Wind Port. That investment is being matched by another $2.8 million in local funds.

The offshore wind industry in South Jersey means good-paying, clean energy jobs for local workers. To accommodate economic growth, we need to invest in the infrastructure that will support a growing industrial base right here in Paulsboro, Norcross said. Im excited to see federal agencies like the EDA supporting local projects to accelerate our transition to clean energy and create jobs.

A groundbreaking for the Paulsboro Wind Port took place in September.

The EDA investment will provide the wastewater treatment capacity necessary for the development of a new manufacturing facility for offshore wind turbine components, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in a statement announcing the grant.

The momentum is also being seen on the education side with a variety of programs and partnerships in the works to begin training the workforce needed to fuel the rise of this new sector.

Rowan University received federal funding for a wind power workforce development program. There is also an agreement signed between Salem County Vocational Technical School and the NJEDA to expand the schools offshore wind-related painting and welding programs.

Our partnership with [Rowan University, Rutgers University, Montclair State University, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology] will ensure that the Garden States offshore wind sector is best positioned for growth and industry leadership, said New Jersey Economic Development Authority Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan.

Our partnership with these four leading New Jersey research institutions will ensure that the Garden States offshore wind sector is best positioned for growth and industry leadership, said Sullivan. The Governors allocation for the NJ Wind Institute for Innovation and Training in the upcoming budget serves as a testament to the states commitment to accelerating economic growth, meeting our clean energy goals, and investing in a robust, diverse, and experienced workforce.

These initiatives will allow us to capitalize on one of New Jerseys greatest assets its research universities to build a pipeline of industry experts in the offshore wind sector, said Jen Becker, the NJEDAs managing director of wind institute development. This pool of trained talent will be a vital resource as New Jersey continues on its path toward becoming a global leader in this high-growth industry.

Higher education must adapt quickly to not only meet the needs of this generation, but the generations to follow, said Rowan University President Ali Houshmand. Investing in sustainability education through our partnership with NJEDA and the NJ Wind Institute ensures that Rowan University students and our faculty can play a prominent role in reshaping the future of our state and planet.

The NJEDA has also been collaborating with Salem County stakeholders to support access to this industry for local residents and small businesses.

So, while no wind turbines have actually been constructed or installed off the Jersey coast, work is moving rapidly. With the current global upheavals in the energy markets due to Russias invasion and war against Ukraine, achieving energy independence has taken on new importance, Murphy said during the recent ReNew Jersey Summit in Atlantic City. Maximizing our ability to tap into our coastal winds to generate the power to light homes and businesses has never meant so much.

Wind energy is one of several industry sectors we are setting up practically from scratch, along with film and television production, sports betting, and adult-use cannabis.

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Texas-based NOV has received contracts from Sembcorp Marine Ltd to supply equipment for the offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) the company is building for Maersk Supply Service.

The order will see NOV-BLM supply the rack and pinion jacking systems and the load transfer system while NOV Heavy Lift will deliver the GustoMSC-designed heavy lift crane.

We are proud to be able to support Maersk in entering the wind installation market. With the growing demand, there is a need for capable installation equipment. This is a great opportunity for our Marine and Construction business unit, said Nils van Nood, VP of Business Development, Marine and Construction.

The steel-cutting ceremony is set for the fourth quarter of 2022 in Singapore and the vessel is scheduled to be completed in 2025.

Empire Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has chartered the vessel to install the turbines at the Empire 1 and Empire 2 wind farms offshore New York.

According to NOV, Maersk Supply Service has developed an installation concept that combines a new WTIV design with a patented load transfer system that should enable the safe transfer of cargo.

The vessel is designed to remain in operation while feeder barges and tugboats transport turbine components from the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal to the Empire Wind lease area.

Empire Wind, for which Equinor acquired the lease in 2017 and is developing it in two phases, is located 15-30 miles (24-48 kilometres) southeast of Long Island, in water depths of 65-131 feet (20-40 metres).

The projects two phases have a total installed capacity of more than 2 GW.

The 816 MW Empire Wind Phase 1 wind farmwas selectedin New Yorks first-ever offshore wind solicitation in 2019 alongside rsted and Eversource Energys Sunrise Wind project.

At the beginning of last year, New York selected the joint venture asthe winner of the states second offshore wind solicitation, in which the two partners participated with two projects: the 1,260 MW Empire Wind 2 and the 1,230 MW Beacon Wind 1.

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Epicenter,who finished second Saturday when he was passed late in the Kentucky Derby, wasmade the offshore favorite in early futures betting for the May 21 running ofthe Preakness Stakes.

Atwo-time Grade 2 winner in Derby preps this year, Epicenter opened at 5-2 at an international book Monday. Trainer Steve Asmussen and Winchell Thoroughbreds racingmanager David Fiske said they probably would decide whether to go to Pimlicoafter the colt gallops Wednesday at Churchill Downs.

KentuckyOaks winner Secret Oath, third-place Derby finisher Zandon and allowance victorCreative Minister were 4-1. They were not yet confirmed for the Preakness.

Simplification,who was being shipped Monday to Baltimore after finishing fourth in the Derby,opened at 6-1. So did Early Voting, the Wood Memorial (G2) runner-up who trainerChad Brown said would be entered for the Preakness.

Rich Strike, the 80-1 upset winner of the Derby, was 7-1. He could be the firstDerby winner in 10 years to be an underdog in the Preakness.

Followingwere the Preakness offshore odds Monday at 10 a.m. EDT. The horses listed wereprovided by the bookmaker regardless of whether they were considered to be in,out or definite maybes for the race.

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US-based infrastructure investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has agreed to acquire wpd offshore, the offshore wind business of German renewable project developer wpd.

Since its foundation, wpd offshore wind has developed 7GW of capacity and has begun operations in fourteen European and Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets.

The company has stakes in five assets either operational or under construction, which are located in Germany, France and Taiwan.

It also has a development pipeline with more than 30GW of combined capacity.

The financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

GIP chairman and managing partner Adebayo Ogunlesi said: We are excited to announce the acquisition of wpds world-class offshore wind business.

This investment builds upon GIPs extensive experience investing in renewable assets and offshore wind projects.

As a highly scalable platform, wpd offshore will be able to pursue new projects and opportunities in high-growth offshore wind markets.

We look forward to working with the management team that has built this very successful business and developing it into one of the leading offshore wind platforms in the world.

wpd chief financial officer Bjrn Nullmeyer said: wpd was one of the early movers in the offshore wind market and the offshore unit prospered very well as part of wpd group.

We have had an exciting and successful journey with the wpd offshore team and are delighted that GIP is taking a unique opportunity to unlock further potential with the plan to build up a global offshore wind player.

wpd will further strengthen its onshore wind and solar activities in 30 countries in Europe, Asia, Chile and the US.

Our operating wind and solar projects totalled 2,500MW by the end of 2021 and we will double this volume by 2024.

The deals completion is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Once it has closed, wpd chief operating officer Achim Berge Olsen will serve as CEO of wpd offshore wind.

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rsted is plotting a "world first" attempt to grow corals on the seabed foundations of its wind turbines, in a bid to test the potential biodiversity benefits of scaling up the approach across its vast fleet of offshore wind developments worldwide.

Working alongside local partners, the Danish energy giant said it would test the concept in the tropical waters of Taiwan this summer, with a view to determining whether corals can be successfully grown on the foundations of offshore wind turbines.

Coral reefs harbor the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem globally, in addition to supporting the livelihoods and sustenance of over 500 million people worldwide.

However, the worsening impacts of climate change present a major threat to coral reefs around the world, with scientists warning that they are among the most at-risk ecosystems on Earth, with half having already been lost and 90 percent expected to disappear by 2050 at the current rate of coral loss.

rsted is hoping to stimulate coral growth at offshore wind farms through a project called ReCoral that aims to curb the risk of coral bleaching events around its wind turbines. The project forms part of the company's ambition to achieve a "net positive" impact on biodiversity across all the new energy projects it commissions from 2030 at the latest.

rsted group president Mads Nipper said that if the pilot project proves successful, the firm would look to scale up the innovation across its turbines worldwide in order to "create a significant positive impact on ocean biodiversity."

"To halt climate change and create a sustainable future for the planet, its ecosystems and its people, we must speed up the transition from fossil fuels to renewables," he said. "Governments are preparing a significant expansion of offshore wind energy, and I'm confident that if done right, the offshore wind build-out can support and enhance ocean biodiversity."

The proof-of-concept trial is set to begin next month at rsted's Greater Changhua offshore wind farms in Taiwan, where the firm and its partners aim to grow new corals beneath the waves on four separate turbine foundations, with the corals sited close to the surface to enhance access to sunlight.

Waters surrounding wind turbine foundations are more stable and in theory are therefore capable of limiting the extreme temperature spikes which cause mass bleaching events, according to rsted.

The non-invasive project relies on the collection of surplus coral egg bundles that wash up on shorelines and would not otherwise survive, the firm explained.

The company previously teamed its biologists and marine specialists up with private and academic coral expects in order to test the concept in 2020, which led to them successfully growing their first juvenile corals on underwater steel and concrete substrates at a quayside test facility last year.

Hern-Yi Hsieh, director of the Penghu Marine Biology Research Center in Taiwan, welcomed the opportunity to take part in the new trial. "Environmental protection and marine biodiversity will continue to be one of the key topics of the world in the coming decade," he said. "It's great to see that, apart from its effort to supply clean energy, rsted is also launching its coral project here in Taiwan to promote environmental friendliness."

If the proof-of-concept trial is successful, rsted will explore opportunities for scaling up the initiative, with the ultimate aim of using additional coral larvae generated at offshore wind farm locations to restore and enhance threatened near-shore reef systems.

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Offshore wind: From a turbine in the ocean to your home in the suburbs

New Jersey is moving forward with a plan to install enough offshore wind turbines to power 1.5 million homes by 2030. How do gusts 20 miles off the coast turn into the electricity that lights up your home when you flip a switch?

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Could offshore wind turbines spoilthe pristine views of the Atlantic Ocean from Long Beach Island andthe region's tourist economy?

Robert "Bob" Stern, founder of Save LBI, a coalition formed to push proposed wind turbine projects farther from shore,says New Jersey's wind energy projects, as they are currently designed, will harm both.

"People come to this island to get that open vista,to escape, in a way, civilization and all the clutter and noise," the Beach Haven resident said.

Long Beach Island is like a different world from the hustle of mainland living, a place with cooler summer breezes and natural views of beaches and ocean, Stern said.

But all that is at risk, he said, byplacing wind turbines in the view of vacationers and beachgoers.

Gov. Phil Murphy wants 7,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy to be generated forthe state's electric gridby the year 2035. It is part of the governor's planto reduce carbon emissions, lowerthe state's reliance on fossil fuels, and try and slow climate change across the region.

As a result, New Jersey has committed to purchasing electricity generated by wind turbines that will be built across several ocean lease areas under the administration of the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Three lease areas have so far been approved to be developed off New Jersey's southern Atlantic coast: Ocean Wind I and II and Atlantic Shores.

The northernmostof the three projects,Atlantic Shores, would have a wind turbine area that would be 8.7 miles from shoreat its closest approach from Atlantic City. The lease area would have 200 turbines, each stretching 1,049feet tall, or roughly as tall as the Eiffel Tower. According to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management project details, the wind turbines would be visible from beaches along Long Beach Island.

Stern, of Save LBI, said that 80% of theturbines closest to shorewill be visible above the horizon, despite being nearly10 miles away.

Those giant structures, once complete, will drive the island's tourists away, he said.

Save LBI organized a survey of local vacationers and found that abouthalfwould not return to the island once the wind turbines were visible, Stern said.

"It's not cheap to rent the place on the island for the summer," he said. "I think many people, in a way, feel a little cheated if they put down all that moneyand then they go to the beach, and they have to look at industrial structures."

More: Without offshore wind, NJ faces billions in shoreline damage, officials argue

Stern's concerns are shared by Duane Watlington, founder of Vacation Rentals Jersey Shore, a vacation home rental website with about 1,500 listings in Long Beach Island.

"It's going tomake my job a heck of a lot harder to try to help these owners rent their houses out," Watlington said. "You want to have wind energy, fine, but don't put it where it's going toruin tourism."

In 2018, a survey of more than 1,700 beachgoers by the University of Delaware found that 1 in 5 respondents said their beach visit would be worsened by wind turbines located 12.5 miles offshore. The turbines in the survey were smaller, just 574 feet high, then the 1,049-foot high turbinesproposed by Atlantic Shores.

With turbines about 12.5 miles offshore, the researchers estimated that beach trips tothe area would drop by 8%.

The researchers also found that placing turbinesclose to shore 7.5 miles or less would likelyresult in aneconomic loss for a beach community.

The impacts will be felt all along the Jersey Shore, not just in Long Beach Island, said Watlington, of Vacation Rentals Jersey Shore.

"It's going to impact pretty much all the Shore destinations, if they put these thatclose," he said. "This is a threat to this industry, to my business, to anybody that relies on tourism at the shore.This is a threat, and we need to wake up to it."

Tim Feeney, who owns a home in the Holgate section of Long Beach Township, agrees.

"For generations beachgoers have come to the Shore to enjoy the wide open seascape, which they consider the state's natural treasure," he said in an email. "The Shore is our Berkshires, Adirondacks or Yosemite."

More: Jersey Shore wind farms: Feds to lease more Atlantic Ocean space for turbines

The turbines would amount to a "desecration" of the area's natural beauty, he said.

Not everyone in the tourism industry agrees that wind turbines will harm the local economy.

Larry Sieg, president and CEO of Meet AC, Atlantic City's promoter of corporate events and conventions, says the offshore wind industry will be a boon for the region.

"We recently hosted the Business Network for Offshore Wind 2022 International Partnering Forumin Atlantic City, which was a huge success not only for the Atlantic City economy, but also for the wind and energy industries that signed major business deals throughout the conference," Sieg said in an email.

Michael Chait, president of the Greater Atlantic City Chamber, said New Jersey isquickly becoming "the heart of Americas offshore wind industry.

"Atlantic City has innumerable possibilities when it comes to economic and jobs development," he said in an email."With regard to tourism, which of course is a primary part of our economy, we believe that offshore wind and our tourism business can coexist. In fact, we are optimistic that offshore wind may actually boost tourism by bringing in an entirely new assemblage of visitors to our region."

ButRic Bertsch, an Ocean City resident and member of the group Protect Our Coast NJ, which opposes the wind projects as they are currently designed, said he worries about the impacts to communities like his own.

"It's Cape May County. We have… fishing and tourism," he said. "We have no other industry.We dont have any other large business here."

He said the county will suffer the consequences of New Jersey's new experiment with offshore wind turbines, which will harm the tourist experience and block large swaths of ocean from commercial fishing.

"The only brand (in Ocean City) that we have to offer the world is our old-fashioned values, our quiet, our peaceful place to be," said Suzanne Hornick, also of Ocean City and leading member of Protect Our Coast NJ. "This (wind turbine project) really screws with our brand."

Amanda Oglesby is an Ocean County native who covers Brick, Barnegat and Lacey townships as well as the environment. She has worked for the Press for more than a decade. Reach her at @OglesbyAPP, aoglesby@gannettnj.com or 732-557-5701.

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