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Officials along North Carolina's southern coast say the federal government has yet to address their concerns over the distance of proposed offshore wind turbines.
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Although no wind-energy projects are planned for the area, the federal government has identified three Wind Energy Areas (WEA) off the North Carolina coast as potential sites for turbines, which would harness offshore wind to produce electricity. Two are off the coast of Brunswick County and one is off Kitty Hawk, in the Outer Banks. The sites are regulated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
The unanimous vote at Monday’s commissioners meeting is a change of direction for the board, which declined to support a similar resolution brought forth by Caswell Beach in 2015. The issue re-emerged recently when, following the lead of Bald Head Island, several other Brunswick beach towns passed resolutions opposing turbines within the 24-nautical-mile range.