To the Editor:
I have been reading with interest the articles on the planned Atlantic Shores offshore wind project, which plans to build 111 13.6-megawatt, 853-foot-tall wind turbines as close as 9½ miles off LBI and which will include red flashing light beacons. This project is by far the biggest and closest to the shore involving such large turbines of any in the world! (If someone thinks this is an exaggerated claim please prove me wrong.)
Note that the height of each turbine will be roughly five times the height of Barnegat Lighthouse, which is only 171…
July 22, 2021
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