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  • Strong breeze ahead: N.J. considers boosting wind farm program

    11/26/2008 2:01:44 PM PST · by Coleus · 11 replies · 344+ views
    star ledger ^ | 10.03.08 | Tom Johnson
    With two neighboring states having recently approved massive offshore wind farm projects, the Corzine administration is considering expanding New Jersey's future reliance on wind power as a clean source of energy. The state's draft energy master plan currently calls for developing 1,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2020 -- enough to power nearly 1 million homes -- but that target is expected to double and possibly even triple when the administration finalizes the plan later this month, according to three people who have been briefed on the administration's thinking. A spokesman for the Corzine administration declined to comment. Wind...