Terrestrial Wind Regulation in the New Jersey Coastal Zone

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Terrestrial Wind Regulation in the New Jersey
Coastal Zone

• Ruth Ehinger
• Coastal Program Manager
• NJDEP

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New Jersey Wind Mandates

• Offshore 3000MW
• Onshore 200 MW

Image Associated Press
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Coastal On-land Wind Generation
Image BeMoreGreen.com

• Regulation Permitting Transparency

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Regulate Based on Size

• Type A
• Less than 150 high and 3 turbines or fewer
• Type B
• 150 250 high and less than 20,000 square feet
  wind swept area
• Type C
• Greater than 250 high

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Type A

• 10kW Bergey

600W Southwest WindPower
10kW Bergey on 100 tower
Photos from NREL PIX
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Type A
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Type B

• 660kW Vestas Turbine At Hull, Massachusetts

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Type B
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Type C

• 5 1.5MW turbines at the ACUA Wastewater Treatment
  Plant

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Type C
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• Comments?
• Tiered approach
• Critical environmental habitats
• Monitoring
• Email comments regarding the regulatory approach
  by January 1, 2009
• annmarie.hoagland_at_dep.state.nj.us
• For pre-application meetings and other permitting
  issues, please contact the Division of Land Use
  Regulation Tech Center at 609-777-0454