The Caesar Rodney Institute and two individuals have asked the Superior Court of the State of Delaware in Sussex County to prohibit the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) from issuing permits for an offshore wind project. “DNREC is not following its own rules and regulations in filing this permit process,” said David Stevenson, director of the Center …
DNREC details how wind farm cable will come ashore in park
State officials this week laid out the way they expect transmission lines from an offshore wind farm to be installed under the 3 Rs Beach in Delaware Seashore State Park. During an information open house at Bethany Town Hall Tuesday, DNREC representatives displayed posters around the room loaded with information. One said four cables will be bored 60 feet under …
US Wind offers 5 Delaware beach towns $2 million each
A national offshore wind energy development company is making its case to Delaware’s coastal towns. US Wind, Inc. recently presented a package of community benefits for Delaware’s coastal residents to the Delaware Association of Coastal Towns. The community benefits package includes a stream of annual payments over 20 years, worth $2 million dollars to each town. The payments would begin …