The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the construction and operations plan (COP) for US Wind’s 2GW Maryland Offshore Wind project.
This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the US interior department’s record of decision in September 2024.
The project – located around 16.1km off Maryland and 16.7km from Sussex county, Delaware – will generate wind power for the Delmarva peninsula, covering Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
The project as approved includes the multiple-phase construction and operation of up to 114 wind turbines, up to four offshore substation platforms, one meteorological tower, and up to four offshore export cable corridors.
Two phases, known as MarWin and Momentum Wind, already have offshore renewable energy certificates from the state of Maryland.
The 300MW MarWin and 808MW Momentum phases are expected online in 2026, according to “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç Intelligence, the research and data division of “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç. US Wind plans a third project.
Maryland has an aggressive goal of 8.5GW of offshore wind by 2031.
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