U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced the termination of $679 million in funding for multiple offshore wind projects across the country, including U.S. Wind's development here off Delmarva.
The federal government has asked a U.S. District Court Judge to partially dismiss a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), citing a similar offshore wind lawsuit in Rhode Island.
On Friday, the Fenwick Island Town Council is scheduled to discuss and vote to decide if the town will join Ocean City as a co-plaintiff in legal action to vacate and set aside federal approval of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project.
WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. -- The offshore wind company is still moving forward with plans for a facility in the West Ocean City Harbor. County leaders have taken issue with this, because U.S. Wind's desired location could uproot the commercial fishing industry.
Years long conversations surrounding offshore wind projects continued on Tuesday in a special Rehoboth Beach city commissioners meeting, and while plenty of information was shared about the new innovations, there were also plenty of conflicting opinions shared regarding how they could impact Delmarva's coastline.
