December 17 2008- The NJ Board of Public Utilities approved a $12 million rebate program for meteorological towers. Bluewater Wind, Fishermen's Energy and Garden State Offshore Energy were approved to receive rebates under the program.

October 3 2008- Garden State Offshore Energy, a venture between PSEG Renewable Generation and offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind, was selected by the state Board of Public Utilities to build an offshore wind project up to 300 MW.

March 3 2008- 5 proposals submitted to NJ Offshore Wind RFP:
PSEG Renewable Energy Generation/Winergy (Deepwater Wind)
Blue Water Wind NJ Energy
Fishermen's Energy
Occidental Development & Equities LLC
Environmental Technologies LLC

Garden State Wind Website

Deepwater Wind Website

OWEC Tower AS- Jacket foundation technology

Solicitation for Proposals to Develop Off-Shore Wind Renewable Energy Facilities Supplying Electricity to the Distribution System Serving New Jersey- October 2007

Blue Ribbon Panel on Development of Wind Turbine Facilities in Coastal Waters

Deepwater Wind's Turbine Design:

(Source: Garden State Wind)

Deepwater Wind New Jersey Project Map:

(Source: Garden State Wind)

Visual Map: (project will be 16 miles from shore)


(Source: Garden State Wind)


View From the Music Pier in Ocean City, NJ:

(Source: Garden State Wind)

Map of Proposed New Jersey Wind Projects:


(Source: Press of Atlantic City)

OWEC Jacket Foundation at Beatrice Offshore Wind Project:

(Source: OWEC)

(*Link may be non-functional)

N.J. ready to support three wind farm companies- Dec. 18 2008

BPU OKs application process for offshore wind-farm rebates- Nov. 22 2008

N.J. Awards Grant for First Offshore Wind Project- October 3 2008

Groups bidding to build offshore windmills address public concerns- August 1 2008

Fish Juice: N.J. Fisherman Angling To Develop Offshore Wind- June 3 2008

PSEG, 2 others apply to build wind farm off NJ coast- March 3 2008

A TEMPEST IN THE WIND Advocates say it's clean, renewable energy but environmentalists raise concerns- April 13 2008

GMI Awarded New Jersey Ocean/Wind Power Ecological Baseline Studies- Nov. 15, 2007

70 Windmills Coming to N.J. Shoreline ; If Pilot Program is Successful, There Could Be More Built- Oct. 5 2007*

State offers $19 million to help support offshore wind turbine project- Oct. 4 2007