US Wind is applying to add an extra 600MW of capacity to its offshore wind development plans off Maryland. It now plans to build 1.7GW of offshore wind capacity off Maryland.
The Maryland-based developer has applied to the Maryland Public Service Commission for offshore wind renewable energy credits (ORECs) for the additional capacity
In the state’s first two offshore wind rounds – held in 2017 and 2021 – US Wind had been awarded ORECs to support projects of more than 1,056MW.
In what is known as a Revised Round 2 proceeding, US Wind’s application now seeks authority to build a total of 1,710MW of offshore wind capacity in its entire federal lease area.
US Wind applied to build the extra capacity to replace that left over after Ørsted scrapped ORECs for its 120MW Skipjack Wind 1 and 846MW Skipjack Wind 2 projects earlier this year. Back in January, the Danish developer said the projects were “no longer commercially viable”[1], but remained open to bidding for offtake agreements in future auction rounds.
Maryland has an aggressive goal of 8.5GW of offshore wind by 2031.
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^ “no longer commercially viable” (www.windpowermonthly.com)
