Corzine triples offshore wind goal
Image via LIBizBlog. Of course, Long Island is a cautionary tale.
Gov. Corzine today said he will triple New Jersey’s offshore wind goal, according to PolitickerNJ and the Associated Press.
Numbers-wise, that’s 3,000 megawatts of wind power off the state’s coast by 2020, compared to 1,000. Thirteen percent of the state’s electricity, enough for 800,000 to 1 million home. Corzine said we’d reach the goal of 1,000, the original 2020 goal outlined in the draft Energy Master Plan, by 2012. Go us.
The PSEG/Deepwater Wind venture approved Friday aims to produce nearly 350 megawatts of energy, enough for about 125,000 homes.
From the AP:
We want to create this generation’s race to the moon, but this time, a race to the sea, to harness this potential wind source off of our coasts, and bring economic development, environmental benefits, and new, green jobs to the Garden State,” Corzine said.
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