Lifeguards keep watch over the Sea Gort, N.J. beach on July 2, 2024, the day that the U.S. Interior department approved the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm project. A power cable from the wind farm is projected to come ashore in Sea Girt and one other location yet to be determined. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
A boat passes by on the ocean off Sea Girt, N.J. on July 2, 2024, the day that the U.S. Interior department approved the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm project. A power cable from the wind farm is projected to come ashore in Sea Girt and one other location yet to be determined. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
FILE - Land-based wind turbines turn in Atlantic City, N.J. on July 20, 2023. On Monday, July 1, 2024, the U.S,. Interior Department approved the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project in New Jersey, which would be the state’s first wind farm once additional federal and state approvals are granted. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
FILE - Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City. N.J. on Nov. 3, 2023. On Monday, July 1, 2024, the U.S,. Interior Department approved the Atlantic Shores offshore wind project in New Jersey, which would be the state’s first wind farm once additional federal and state approvals are granted. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)