What is Fishermen’s Energy?
Fishermen’s Energy (sometimes referred to as “FERN” in New Jersey and “FERI” in Rhode Island) is a company founded by a core group of East Coast commercial fishermen to respond to the public’s need to develop the ocean for renewable wind energy. Wind is a clean and constantly renewable energy resource, and it is Fishermen’s Energy goal to turn the North Atlantic coastal waters into an unmatched source of clean energy.Fishermen’s Energy and its core group of respected, well-established, commercial fishing industry founders, have researched offshore wind carefully and have chosen to view offshore wind as an opportunity for us and for our fellow citizens, rather than as a threat to our traditional fishing businesses.
Fishermen’s Energy (sometimes referred to as “FERN” in New Jersey and “FERI” in Rhode Island) is a company founded by a core group of East Coast commercial fishermen to respond to the public’s need to develop the ocean for renewable wind energy. Wind is a clean and constantly renewable energy resource, and it is Fishermen’s Energy goal to turn the North Atlantic coastal waters into an unmatched source of clean energy. Fishermen’s Energy and its core group of respected, well-established, commercial fishing industry founders, have researched offshore wind carefully and have chosen to view offshore wind as an opportunity for us and for our fellow citizens, rather than as a threat to our traditional fishing businesses. In this spirit, Fishermen’s Energy intends to be a proactive agent for change, and brings a unique ability to harvest the sea for energy and fish, side by side, in an environmentally responsible manner and in a manner which utilizes the decades of maritime and seagoing exper
