New Jersey Offshore Wind Firm Highlights Energy Department Grant

Fishermen's Energy on August seven highlighted the $46.7 million Energy Department grant, announced in May, which will provide backing over 4 years to accelerate the commercialization of innovative offshore wind technologies in the United States.This backing will supplement the investment by Fishermen's Energy to finalize construction planning, fabrication, and deployment, and aims to help Fishermen's achieve commercial operation by 2016 of a demonstration wind farm 2.8 miles off of Atlantic City, potentially the 1st grid-connected offshore wind farm in the United States.

Construction is planned to begin onshore in 2015, with offshore construction and commissioning of 5 turbines by Fishermen's in 2016. In March 2012, the Energy Department announced the start of an initiative to capture wind energy off U.S. coasts. As part of a planned six-year $180 million initiative, these offshore wind plans will accelerate the deployment of breakthrough wind power technologies. See the Fishermen's news release and the May seven edition of EERE Network News.

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