Engineering, procurement and construction contracts have been awarded for New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, to be constructed south of Long Beach Island, off the coast of Atlantic City.

Ocean Wind 1, a joint venture between Ørsted and Public Service Enterprise Group, is expected to be operational in 2024 and will produce enough electricity to power more than 500,000 homes, “deliver thousands of jobs and ramp up supply chain initiatives, like the EEW monopile manufacturing facility at the…