Offshore wind developers discussed plans to bring wind farming to Maryland Tuesday.
The Business Network for Offshore Wind (the Network) sponsored a breakfast to introduce Deepwater Wind and US Wind to industry leaders.
The developers submitted proposals to the Maryland Public Service Commission to build the first offshore wind farm off Maryland’s coast.
“Offshore wind power is inevitable. If we want to meet our clean energy goals, if we want to hedge our bets against fossil fuel volatility, if we also want to have the lights come on around the most congested areas where the load centers are (which are our coast) then we have to have offshore wind,” said Liz Burdock, the executive director at Business Network for Offshore Wind.
In Maryland, offshore wind is much more powerful than onshore wind, and in 2013, the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act was passed creating subsidies for offshore wind facilities.
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