Wind power in Maryland

• Criterion Wind Project
• Great Bay Wind Energy Center is a proposed wind farm that will utilize coastal winds in Somerset County{{cite web|url=http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/19/3439187/omalley-vetoes-wind-delay-maryland/|title=Maryland's $200 Million Wind Energy Project Will Move Forward Thanks To Governor's Veto|work=ThinkProgress.org|access-date=2015-05-17}} The $200-million, 150-megawatt facility is being undertaken by Texas-based Pioneer Green Energy which proposes to Initially build twenty-five {{convert|599|ft|m|abbr=on}} wind turbines. A second phase would add another 25 turbines.{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/2/cohen-giant-wind-farm-could-deal-the-chesapeake-ba/#ixzz3a68S00T7|title=COHEN: Giant wind farm could deal the Chesapeake Bay a heavy blow|work=The Washington Times|access-date=2015-05-17}} A single turbine has been proposed as a demo to overcome public adversion to the project.[http://www.americanfarm.com/publications/the-delmarva-farmer/events/2110-pioneer-green-energy-offering-single-turbine-demonstration Unknown] {{Dead link|date=February 2022|fix-attempted=yes}}

An area of 94 square nautical miles (79,706 acres) approximately 10–30 miles off the Maryland coast has been identified as suitable for offshore wind development. This was split into two (north and south) lease areas and auctioned by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on August 19, 2014.{{cite web |title=Offshore Wind Energy |url=http://www.umces.edu/cbl/wind |access-date=2015-05-17 |work=Umces.edu}} The Maryland Wind Energy Area is located, at its closest point, about 10 nautical miles offshore Ocean City in the Outer Continental Shelf of Atlantic Ocean and has the potential to support between 850 and 1450 megawatts of commercial wind generation."[http://www.governor.maryland.gov/wind.html Offshore Wind for Maryland]"

[http://www.governor.maryland.gov/documents/MOWEA2013FactSheetMEA.pdf Presentation] [http://www.governor.maryland.gov/images/offshoreWindMap.gif Map], Governor of Maryland, February 2, 2012. Accessed: 17 October 2013.

In 2014, US Wind, a subsidiary of Italy-based Renexia SpA, won the auction for a 25-year leases for both areas issued by the BOEM with a bid of $8.7 million for areas.{{cite web|url=http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/interior-auctions-80000-acres-offshore-maryland-for-wind-energy-development-advances-presidents-climate-action-plan.cfm|title=Interior Auctions 80,000 Acres Offshore Maryland for Wind Energy Development, Advances President's Climate Action Plan|work=Doi.gov|date=19 August 2014|access-date=2015-05-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2014/08/20/md-takes-step-closer-offshore-wind-turbines/14360391/|title=Md. takes step closer to offshore wind turbines|author=Aaron Nathans The News Journal, The News Journal|date=20 August 2014|work=Delawareonline|access-date=2015-05-17}} Development of their project is hindered by the uncertainty of government direction since the state legislature and local governments are considering banning certain areas.{{cite web |author=Baltimore Sun |date=6 April 2015 |title=Shore wind project scrapped amid political roadblocks |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bs-md-wind-energy-hurdles-20150406-story.html#page=1 |access-date=2015-05-17 |work=Baltimoresun.com}} As of the summer of 2016 US Wind has completed underwater surveys of the potential sites about a dozen miles off the coast of Maryland and is submitting plans for environmental review by year end.{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-offshore-wind-20150619-story.html|title=Planning for Md. offshore wind project gets underway|last=Wheeler|first=Timothy B.|newspaper=baltimoresun.com|access-date=2017-01-06}}

The 966 MW Skipjack Wind Farm off Delaware's coast was planned for commissioning in 2022 but it has been delayed to 2026. It will use Haliade-X turbines, with rotors 220 meters long, made in Cherbourg, France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ge.com/reports/the-coast-with-the-most-two-new-u-s-offshore-wind-farms-will-use-the-worlds-most-powerful-turbines/|title=The Coast With The Most: Two New U.S. Offshore Wind Farms Will Use The World's Most Powerful Turbines|last=Kellner|first=Tomas|date=2019-09-19|website=GE Reports|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-28}}

Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind will partner with a logistics center in Maryland to create a 50-acre staging center for offshore wind manufacturing, capable of servicing projects up and down the East Coast. The developer will work with Tradepoint Atlantic, based in Port of Baltimore, to develop a staging area for on-land assembly, storage and loading out into deep waters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.utilitydive.com/news/rsted-to-develop-offshore-wind-manufacturing-hub-to-service-east-coast/559369/|title=Ørsted to develop offshore wind manufacturing hub to service East Coast|website=Utility Dive}}

The Port of Paulsboro on the Delaware River in New Jersey could become the production site for the enormous concrete foundations for turbines.{{cite web |last = Stromsta |first = Karl-Erik |title = Orsted and Germany's EEW Plan Offshore Wind Factory in New Jersey |publisher = www.greentechmedia.com |date = July 3, 2019 |url = https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/orsted-and-germanys-eew-plan-offshore-wind-factory-in-new-jersey |access-date = December 3, 2019}}

Ørsted has proposed using 1.5 acres of land at Fenwick Island State Park in Delaware as a transmission point.{{Cite web|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2019/10/02/delaware-parks-could-get-new-amenities-renewable-energy-facility/3833689002/|title=Offshore wind company wants to build on state parkland, offering upgrades in exchange|website=delawareonline}}

Counties and organizations in Maryland are utilizing state government programs to begin wind power generation, and to research better locations for wind power across the state.

According to the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), energy generated from wind turbines accounts for 1.4% of all energy generated by the state (2016). The MEA offers 4 programs in education, investments, and grants for wind power production in the state.{{Cite web |title=Wind Energy in Maryland |url=https://energy.maryland.gov/pages/info/renewable/windprograms.aspx |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Maryland Energy Administration |language=en-us}}

Maryland gives counties and companies opportunities for wind power generation like MEA grants and programs. These grants are also used for developing better wind power generation technology and outlining better places to build wind power facilities, like those from University of Maryland, Baltimore County.{{Cite book |last1=Goudarzi |first1=N. |last2=Zhu |first2=W. D. |last3=Delgado |first3=R. |last4=St. Pé |first4=A. |title=Volume 1D, Symposia: Transport Phenomena in Mixing; Turbulent Flows; Urban Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Dynamic Behavior of Complex Particles; Analysis of Elementary Processes in Dispersed Multiphase Flows; Multiphase Flow with Heat/Mass Transfer in Process Technology; Fluid Mechanics of Aircraft and Rocket Emissions and Their Environmental Impacts; High Performance CFD Computation; Performance of Multiphase Flow Systems; Wind Energy; Uncertainty Quantification in Flow Measurements and Simulations |date=2014-12-22 |chapter=An Assessment on the Wind Energy Potential and Possible Solutions for Power Generation in Baltimore County in Maryland, USA |chapter-url=https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/FEDSM/proceedings-abstract/FEDSM2014/46247/V01DT39A007/232624 |language=en |publisher=American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection |doi=10.1115/FEDSM2014-21784|isbn=978-0-7918-4624-7 }} Wind energy has a positive/neutral perception by 70-90% of people in the US, Maryland is no different. There is a large capacity within the state for wind power generation. Better public perception and increased technology development in the last 30 years would allow for greater expansion of wind energy production.{{Cite journal |last1=Rand |first1=Joseph |last2=Hoen |first2=Ben |date=2017-07-01 |title=Thirty years of North American wind energy acceptance research: What have we learned? |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2214629617301275 |journal=Energy Research & Social Science |volume=29 |pages=135–148 |doi=10.1016/j.erss.2017.05.019 |bibcode=2017ERSS...29..135R |issn=2214-6296}}

There are many studies that focus on Baltimore County, Maryland. They tend towards smaller grid solutions rather than large scale national grid wind connections. A smaller grid solution is feasible for Baltimore county as the technology of smaller scale wind turbines improves.{{Cite journal |last1=Goudarzi |first1=Navid |last2=Mohammadi |first2=Kasra |last3=St. Pé |first3=Alexandra |last4=Delgado |first4=Ruben |last5=Zhu |first5=Weidong |date=January 2020 |title=Wind Resource Assessment and Economic Viability of Conventional and Unconventional Small Wind Turbines: A Case Study of Maryland |journal=Energies |language=en |volume=13 |issue=22 |pages=5874 |doi=10.3390/en13225874 |doi-access=free |issn=1996-1073}} A 2011 analysis published on the usage of Baltimore's ports for the Skipjack Wind Farm supports and gives an outline for the expansion of wind energy in the region.Guillen, P., Wetzler, N. and Abstoss, N. (2011) Analysis of Maryland port facilities for offshore wind ... Available at: https://energy.maryland.gov/Documents/AnalysisMarylandPortFacilities_OffshoreWindEnergyServices.pdf (Accessed: 21 February 2025).

Preliminary studies for the effectiveness of wind energy generation in Baltimore county have shown that there are increased wind speeds in the winter months due to the overhead Jet stream

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• Atlantic Wind Connection
• PJM Interconnection
• List of power stations in Maryland
• Solar power in Maryland
• Wind power in Delaware
• List of offshore wind farms in the United States

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• [http://www.boem.gov/state-activities-maryland/ BOEM Maryland]
• [http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy09osti/45911.pdf US Department of ENergy Renewable Energy Small Wind Electric Systems A Maryland Consumer’s Guide]

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