Offshore wind farms received a huge boost Tuesday from the federal government. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced plans to speed up the permitting process in order to cut times to less than 2 years, down from 7 years or more, according to the Huffington Post.
Salazar and other federal officials will work with Atlantic coast states to identify sites with high wind potential and few conflicts for competing uses. The states include Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts with additional sites to include New York, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Leases could be issued as early as late next year or early 2012 according to the report.
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