Maryland State Senator Mary Beth Carozza is urging federal officials to reject offshore wind energy development off the coast of Ocean City.
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Offshore wind development off the Ocean City coast is facing another setback, as the Trump administration moves to revoke federal approval for the project.
Federal government seeks to reconsider offshore wind approval off Maryland coast.
In 2024, Sussex County Council denied U.S Wind's application to build a new electric substation for power cables from its offshore wind turbines.
Senate Bill 159 would require conditional land use applications be accepted for substations located on unincorporated land if the proposed facility meets a specific set of conditions.
Leaders in Ocean City are commending recent decisions by the Worcester County Commissioners and the Sussex County Council
The Sussex County Council denied a conditional use request that would've allowed U.S. Wind, through its subsidiary Renewable Redevelopment, LLC, to build a major electrical substation near the Indian River Power Plant.
US Wind says this new move marks the agency’s final permit on US Wind’s federal permitting application. Ocean City continues to show strong opposition to the project by pursuing a lawsuit.
International energy company Equinor has won a major bid to develop an offshore wind farm about 26 miles from the mouth of the Delaware Bay.
People on both sides of the offshore wind debate raised their signs in Bethany Beach Tuesday.
The topic of offshore wind took center stage at Friday's Dewey Beach town council meeting.
The council decided to hold off on a vote to accept US Wind's offer of joining its' benefit program.