Broomfield Firm Wins Bid To Develop Windmills Off New Jersey Coast

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Two companies have won the right to build windmills off the New Jersey coast to generate enough power for up to 1.2 million homes.
The U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said the lease sales announced Monday will bring in nearly $2 million. The leased area runs roughly from Long Beach Island to the southern tip of the state near Cape May and about 7 miles offshore at its closest point, meaning the turbines would not be visible from the s