NOAA noted that the project includes numerous measures to minimize and monitor adverse effects on whales, including the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, of which there are less than 350 remaining. Orsted hopes to have it up and running by the end of 2024. The project will generate more than 1,100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about a half million homes each year. It will consist of 98 turbines about 15 miles (25 kilometers) off the coast of Atlantic City and Ocean City. Ocean Wind 1 is the first offshore wind project approved by New Jersey officials. Jeff Van Drew and Christopher Smith, both New Jersey Republicans, have introduced legislation in Congress to mandate such a pause, and have promised additional investigatory hearings into the offshore wind industry.Ĭomplicating matters is a joint study released last week by NOAA, BOEM and the commercial fishing industry that listed several known adverse impacts of wind farms on marine life, including noise, vibration, electromagnetic fields and heat transfer that could alter the marine environment. Yet that has not convinced some people, including some federal and state officials who want a pause or permanent halt to offshore wind projects while the impact of wind farm site preparation can be more closely examined. NOAA and other agencies have said many of the dead whales appear to have been struck by ships or entangled in fishing gear, emphasizing there is no evidence linking offshore wind production and whale deaths.
Thirty-one have washed ashore on the East Coast since Dec. East Coast is growing, fueled by a thus-far unproven narrative that ocean floor preparation work for offshore wind farms is hurting or killing whales.
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The report comes as opposition to offshore wind projects on the U.S. Nor is it likely to “destroy or adversely modify any designated critical habitat.” NOAA determined the project by Danish wind power company Orsted “is likely to adversely affect, but is not likely to jeopardize, the continued existence of any species” of endangered whales, sea turtles and other animals.
NOAA's final biological opinion examined BOEM's research, and took into account “the best scientific and commercial data available.”
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