13 Atlantic coast states partner on offshore wind
Maryland has joined a dozen other Atlantic coast states to form a partnership exploring offshore wind power generation.
The U.S. Department of the Interior is organizing the Atlantic Offshore Wind Consortium, which will work to ease collaboration and coordination among coastal states to help launch offshore wind mills.
Other members are Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
Offshore wind power could help meet a Maryland goal of using 20 percent renewable energy by 2022. Achieving that proportion of renewable energy nationwide would take 54 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, according to the Department of Energy.
The state has already begun its own research into offshore wind. U.S. energy department estimates rate the state’s offshore wind potential as relatively high, rivaling that of the midwestern plains.
Read the full post in the Baltimore Business Journal.
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