Anyone taking the temperature of local support this summer for wind farms planned off the Long Beach Island coast would know it runs near frigid most days. Still, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind submitted a bid to the N.J. Board of Public Utilities earlier this month to expand its initial wind farm project, first approved in 2021.
The company rendered its proposal Aug. 4. The project is a 50-50 partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America.
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