OCEAN CITY – Legislation expanding offshore wind energy in Maryland was signed into law last week.
Last Friday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed the Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources (POWER) Act into law. Joined by representatives of offshore wind energy companies at the Tradepoint Atlantic facility in Sparrows Point, Moore highlighted several bills that will allow Maryland to reach its clean energy goals.
“Today I’ve signed legislation to quadruple Maryland’s offshore wind energy goals, reduce greenhouse gas emission in our state, and to provide rebates to businesses that purchase electric vehicles,” he said. “Together we will build on the great work of our partners at Tradepoint Atlantic, Ørsted, and U.S. Wind to build the clean energy future we want to see in Maryland.”
Earlier this month, the Maryland General Assembly passed the POWER Act, which will quadruple Maryland’s offshore wind generation goals from about 2 gigawatts to 8.5 gigawatts by 2031, improve its transmission infrastructure, and provide a pathway to future procurement of offshore wind energy in the state. The law also ensures that offshore wind projects provide equitable opportunities for local unions and minority, women, service-disabled, and veteran-owned businesses to join in Maryland’s ambitious clean energy future.
Proponents of the bill – introduced by Del. Lorig Charkoudian in the House and Sen. Katie Fry Hester in the Senate – say the legislation will advance Maryland’s clean energy initiatives and put the state at the forefront of the offshore wind energy industry.
Yea let’s kill the rest of the whales and pollute the ocean with the hydro fluid when they fail , none are hurricane proof
Nice kickback for him
Even the lefty scientists and environmentalists have indicated this is a bad idea!
Special interest groups are making money off of this Mooron!
He damn sight better! A little pawn.
Always said that you can’t trust anyone who grins all the time. This guy is a perfect example of it