Wind Farm Off Delaware Moves Closer To Reality

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- A proposed wind farm off the Delaware coast is getting closer to reality.

NRG Bluewater has the first contract in the nation for offshore wind power, signed in 2008 with Delmarva Power. The Department of the Interior announced Monday it would open a 30-day public comment period on the environmental and socioeconomics impacts of offshore renewable-energy projects off the coast of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia.

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