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Maryland
US Wind holds the lease for a significant off-shore wind project 17 miles from the coast from Ocean City. With an investment of approximately $1.5 billion, the Maryland project is among the largest offshore wind farm projects in the United States.
The project will leverage US Wind’s extensive international experience to create a local sustainable footprint in Maryland’s economic base.
Plans call for installing 32 total turbines in 20-30 meters of water, approximately 17 miles offshore. A substation will collect the energy from the turbines and transmit the electricity to the shore using underwater cables.
The Maryland project is expected to produce approximately up to 270 MW of power, which will help meet Maryland’s offshore wind renewable energy goals. This is enough power for more than +/- 76,000 Maryland homes.
The project is anticipated to come online in early 2023, with an operational life expectancy of more than 25 years. Over its lifetime the project will support hundreds of highly skilled jobs in engineering, construction and operation.
For more information about the Maryland off shore wind project, see www.boem.gov/Maryland.
Maryland Offshore Wind Project
Exact photographic rendering of the eventual view of US Wind’s planned offshore wind farm project including 32 wind turbines—the “MarWin” project—roughly 17 to 20 miles from the coast of Ocean City.
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Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013
US Wind Inc. has secured the Federal leasing rights to establish an offshore wind farm 17 miles from the shoreline of Ocean City, Maryland.
The project will produce approximately 270 MW of energy. Construction will begin in 2019 and the wind farm will be operational in 2023. It will contribute to economic development, jobs, and environmental sustainability.
South Carolina
On Nov. 23, 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Call for Information and Nominations to gauge the offshore wind industry’s interest in acquiring commercial wind leases in four areas offshore South Carolina and to request comments. US Wind responded to this Call for to acquire commercial wind leases in four areas offshore South Carolina. The areas range from 41 to 741 square nautical miles, between three and 35 miles from shore.
The next South Carolina Renewable Energy Task Force meeting was scheduled for May 17, 2016. To access the meeting materials, go to: www.boem.gov/Fifth-South-Carolina-Task-Force-Meeting/.
BOEM has funded or considered numerous studies to collect information about the marine environment to support decisions concerning offshore renewable energy development. For more information, please visit www.boem.gov/South-Carolina-Environmental-Studies/.
For more information about the South Carolina off shore wind project, see www.boem.gov/South-Carolina.
