wind developer orstead is turning to the courts to help get New Jersey's first offshore wind project off the ground the Danish developer is engulfed in lawsuits that's delaying the start of ocean wind one a wind farm about 15 miles off the southern Jersey Shore orstead is suing Cape May County alleging the government there is dragging its feet in issuing a road permit needed to do test work along the Route a power cable would run the company is also suing Ocean City over similar delays and three citizens groups are pushing to block the offshore wind project save Long Beach Island defend Brigantine Beach and protect our Coast NJ filed an appeal over approvals given to the project all of it is causing a black eye for the Murphy Administration which is prioritizing offshore wind as part of its clean energy goals Governor Murphy recently signed a law that will give or said hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks despite criticism because the money May otherwise would have gone back to rate payers