The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment has selected four graduate students from across Princeton to participate in the 2023-2024 New Jersey Wind Institute Fellowship.

The selected fellows will carry out research projects to tackle timely challenges facing the growing offshore wind industry, from characterizing winds in coastal boundary layers to understanding the resilience of offshore wind technologies to extreme weather events along the Atlantic coast.

Not only will offshore wind allow us to harness nature in a sustainable way to generate clean, affordable energy to meet our growing demand, it will create thousands of union jobs and add billions in economic investment into our state’s economy.

The Navesink Maritime Heritage Association is offering a free presentation to educate the public on New Jesey's first offshore wind farm.

Onshore construction related to the first wind farm planned off the coast of New Jersey continues this week with activities at Island Beach State Park that will lay the foundation for bringing electrical connection back to the decommissioning Oyster Creek Generating Station.

“Winds of Change” is a thought provoking documentary that delves into the potential impact and benefits of offshore wind farms in New Jersey. The screening will be offered 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, followed by a question and answer discussion with panelists.

More onshore work for New Jersey's first offshore wind farm is set to begin on Oct. 10, according to developer Orsted.

This work for the Ocean Wind 1 project consists of cables coming ashore at Island Beach State Park and connecting to the Lanoka substation at the former Oyster Creek power plant site.

As of Oct. 2, work for the onshore portion of the Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind farm has begun in Lacey Township.

The work is for what is called the Lanoka substation, which is located at the former Oyster Creek power plant and will be used to connect the energy generated by the wind turbines to the power grid on land.

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate offshore wind procurement — the first such agreement in the U.S.

"The U.S. clean economy is thriving, and with a tailwind from historic clean energy investments rejuvenating domestic manufacturing, creating jobs and spurring private sector investment across the country, it is poised to become the foundation of a strong American economy."

The Board of Public Utilities announced in March that the project will contribute $4.7 billion into the Garden State’s economy and create more than 10,000 new jobs in the process. For workers, this means good paying opportunities to not only build the wind farms, but also maintain them and keep them running, doing our part to help New Jersey make the transition to clean energy.