OCEAN CITY – US Wind and the state of Delaware will begin negotiating a lease agreement that could bring financial incentives to residents and ratepayers.
Last week, Delaware Gov. John Carney announced the start of formal negotiations between the state and US Wind to bring an underground cable landing to 3Rs Beach in Delaware Seashore State Park in exchange for energy credits that will reduce electricity costs and funding that will support workforce and environmental projects. A term sheet signed last Tuesday contemplates the commencement of negotiations over the lease to deliver power from the company’s offshore turbines to the regional electrical grid through the state park.
“This agreement means Delaware will become an active player in the growing offshore wind industry,” Carney said in a statement. “It aligns with other objectives, including our emission reduction targets and meeting the net-zero carbon goal set last year by House Bill 99. Transitioning to clean energy sources is essential to reducing manmade greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change, and these wind projects are part of that transition.”
In 2014, US Wind acquired an 80,000-acre federal lease area off the coast of Maryland. And by 2021, the state of Maryland had approved two of the company’s offshore wind projects – MarWin and Momentum Wind. As proposed, the projects are expected to generate thousands of megawatts in renewable energy and support more than 2,600 jobs annually throughout the development and construction phases.
However, those in opposition have shared their concerns about the impacts the offshore wind turbines would have on viewsheds, marine animals, fishing and navigation, among other things. In Ocean City, officials continue to advocate for a “no-build” alternative, as the wind turbines would be placed roughly nine miles from the town’s coastline.
Who foots the bill for all the dead sea life washing up on the beach.
What bill ??
They will dangle money in front of small towns with tight budgets. The elected officials and appointed managers of these towns will sell out their citizens to Big Windmill in the blink of an eye, encouraged by the Carney barker in Dover.