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Plans advance for Bluewater offshore wind farm in Delaware

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A plan for the first U.S. offshore wind farm advanced on Monday when the company that wants to build it announced it has agreed to sell the power generated to a local utility.

Up to 200 megawatts of electricity from about 60 turbines to be built 11 miles off the coast of Delaware will be sold to Delmarva Power in a 25-year contract that officials said will likely make the project the first in the country.
It now requires approval by legislators and a number of state and federal agencies, but officials said the establishment of a market for the power was a crucial step towards construction and operation by 2012 or 2013.

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