US approves 2-GW Maryland offshore wind project

The US Department of the Interior on Thursday announced approval of US Wind Inc’s Maryland Offshore Wind Project, which could provide more than 2 GW of clean energy generation.

With this approval of its 10th commercial-scale offshore wind project, the Biden-Harris administration has now greenlit more than 15 GW of offshore wind capacity, or half of what is needed to achieve the administration’s goal of 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030.

The project, developed by Baltimore-based US Wind, which is majority-owned by Italy’s Renexia SpA, consists of three planned phases. Two of them, MarWin and Momentum Wind, of around 300 MW and 808 MW, respectively, have secured offshore renewable energy certificates from the state of Maryland. The entire development will involve the installation of up to 114 wind turbines and up to four offshore substation platforms.

The lease area is located about 8.7 nautical miles offshore Maryland and 9 nautical miles from Sussex County, Delaware.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project in July.

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