US Wind plans to develop Maryland’s first facility for manufacturing offshore wind foundations in Sparrows Point as part of an agreement with Tradepoint Atlantic, the wind farm developer announced on Tuesday.
As part of a new agreement with Tradepoint Atlantic, the Sparrows Point-based global logistics center, US Wind will lease 90 acres at the Sparrows Point Shipyard, the former home of Bethlehem Steel, for steel fabrication for its offshore wind initiative.
Under the 2019 Clean Energy Jobs Act, Maryland must get at least 50% of its energy from renewable sources, such as wind and solar power, by 2030. The law requires at least 1,200 megawatts of that to be offshore wind energy.
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