Energy & Science
Apollo-Backed US Wind Seeks Approval for Turbines off Maryland
- Company is proposing 82 wind turbines producing 1.2 gigawatts
- State could also approve rival bid by Danish wind giant Orsted
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US Wind Inc. has submitted a bid to Maryland regulators to build a massive wind farm off the state’s shoreline, the latest proposal for such projects off the East Coast and a potential step closer to the Biden administration’s goal of eliminating carbon emissions from power plants.
The Momentum Wind farm would include up to 82 turbines producing about 1.2 gigawatts of power at full capacity, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Baltimore, Maryland-based US Wind also plans a steel-fabrication facility near the port city to build the foundations for its offshore turbines.