Business: Offshore wind backers confident of future growth

Supporters of the nascent offshore wind sector -- a potentially important source of carbon-free energy -- say they are confident about significant growth in the industry, according to a news report, which comes as state lawmakers in New Jersey are seeking to revive an embattled project off the coast of Atlantic City. “There's a palpable sense that it's finally happening,” Bryan Martin, director of a New York hedge fund supporting a Rhode Island offshore wind project that could be the...