N.J. Whacks Fishermen's Offshore Demo; AMSC To Shutter Wisconsin Plant

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Another Industry Setback: N.J. Whacks Fishermen's Offshore Wind Demo Project on 20 Mar 2014 by Mark Del Franco By a vote of 4-0, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has rejected Fishermen's Energy application, effectively killing the developer's plans for a 25 MW demonstration project to be located 2.8 miles off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J. Fishermen's Energy was attempting to become the first offshore [read more]
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