Maryland Energy Administration Commends Final Federal Approval of Environmental Impact Statement for Offshore Wind Farms along Maryland Coast

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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management took great care to avert and reduce potential environmental impacts, says director

BALTIMORE – Maryland Energy Administration Director Paul G. Pinsky today issued the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s issuance of a Record of Decision on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for two offshore wind development projects along the coast of Maryland and Delaware. 

“The approval of US Wind’s Final Environmental Impact Statement for the MarWin and Momentum Wind projects is an important step forward in the effort to bring clean, renewable energy production to Maryland’s coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is seeking to avoid and minimize possible detrimental impacts from offshore wind energy development. Today’s announcement underscores the careful, comprehensive and collaborative environmental analysis that has gone into these projects. This speaks to the shared commitment between BOEM and the State of Maryland, which together recently entered into an Memorandum of Understanding on offshore wind energy development. These projects have the potential to bring sustainable power to more than 700,000 homes and create thousands of new jobs, moving the state decisively in the direction of Governor Moore’s goals for both clean energy and economic advancement. As we applaud this milestone, we look forward to future successes.”

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) promotes clean, affordable, reliable energy and energy-related greenhouse gas emission reductions to benefit Marylanders in a just and equitable manner. For more information about the agency and its programs, visit our website at Energy.Maryland.gov, and follow us on social media: LinkedIn | X | Facebook. 

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