As rallies to stop the industrialization of the ocean continue to pop up along the Jersey Shore, the U.S. Department of Interior last week approved the construction and operation of Ocean 1 Wind, the state’s first offshore wind farm, located south of Long Beach Island in the Atlantic Ocean about 13 nautical miles southeast of Atlantic City.

Ocean Wind 1 is expected to be commercially operational in 2025 and would produce enough electricity to power 500,000 homes.