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What is the relationship between an offshore wind park and property values along Delaware’s coast?
Delaware’s wind power wind park will be more than eleven nautical miles off the Delaware coast. A government study released in 2003 tracked more than 25,000 real estate transactions around the largest onshore wind parks in the U.S. and found no adverse effects of wind parks on nearby real estate prices. This study considered projects where the turbines were much more visible than would be the case for Delaware’s offshore wind park. At over eleven miles offshore, the wind turbines will generally not be visible on the typical hazy conditions during the summer. Bluewater is proud to have selected sites far offshore that avoid concerns related to the view of the wind park.

Fishing and Boating
Can there be recreational and commercial fishing and boating at a wind park?

Can there be recreational and commercial fishing and boating at a wind park?
Boating and fishing activities around the wind park will continue. These activities will likely even be enhanced since the turbine foundations quickly transform into artificial reefs, creating a widespread fish haven that is a boon to fishing and scuba diving.
Offshore turbines are spaced about one-half mile apart, providing ample room for boating and fishing vessels to move safely within the wind park.
There is no blanket “exclusionary zone” for boaters and fishermen, other than a ten