CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE -- Cape May County has ended its state and federal litigation against the defunct Ørsted Ocean Wind 1 offshore wind project, according to a statement from the county.
The county agreed to the dismissal of the federal appeal as well as the appeal from the actions of New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, the county said Monday in a news release.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has suspended the Ocean Wind 1 lease area for three years.
There are no plans by any offshore wind developer for the use of the Ocean Wind lease areas. Ørsted also has indicated it intends to abandon its Skipjack project that was planned for an area off Delaware and would have been visible from the southern end of Cape May County.
"In the end, thanks to the efforts of the County of Cape May, its litigation partners, courageous elected officials, and dedicated grassroots activists, the threat that the Ørsted projects posed to the people and businesses of Cape May County (has) been stopped," Cape May County Commissioner Director Len Desiderio said in a statement.
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"By Ørsted's own calculation, Cape May County was facing a loss of over $1 billion in tourism revenue. Our fisheries industry was facing millions of dollars in losses. Marine mammals and other sea life were threatened with injury and harassment. After what we saw last summer in Nantucket where beaches were closed in July due to the disintegration of a single turbine blade, we should thank God that we were able to play a role in stopping the Ørsted projects."
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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