A wind power company wants to build a manufacturing and assembly plant for wind turbines at an old shipyard in Sparrows Point, and Baltimore County government is seeking a federal grant to help jump start the project.
County officials have applied for a $26 million grant that would pay for rebuilding piers and bulkheads at the shipyard, which is next to the former Bethlehem Steel mill property.
The project is being pursued by US Wind, which hopes to build a wind farm off the coast of Ocean City, and SPS Limited Partnership, which owns the shipyard
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