New Jersey is “the nation’s center of offshore wind,” Gov. Phil Murphy told 500 or so guests at a Clean Energy Conference in Atlantic City. Sponsored by the state Board of Public Utilities, after a two-year pandemic-related postponement, the gathering of government and industry stakeholders promoted green buildings, electric vehicles and solar technologies. Murphy said New Jersey is on track to derive 85% of its energy from non-greenhouse gas-emitting sources by the end of this decade — and he wants to lead with offshore wind.
But the Murphy administration’s full-court press to develop clean energy — especially with offshore turbines — is facing opposition from fisheries and from towns that could be criss-crossed by high-voltage cables.
