The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities today awarded projects that will provide a combined 2,658 megawatts of offshore wind capacity to EDF/Shell’s Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, off Long Beach Island, and Ørsted’s Ocean Wind II.

In a unanimous vote, the board awarded 1,510 MW of capacity to Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind and 1,148 MW to Ocean Wind II. The decision gives the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project, which skirts Long Beach Island from Barnegat Light south to Atlantic City, a major step forward and doubles the capacity for Ørsted’s Ocean Wind project off Atlantic City, already…