(December 3, 2024, Baltimore, Md.) — Today, US Wind, Inc. (“US Wind”) announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) has issued its final approval of the Company’s Construction and Operations Plan (“COP”), marking the agency’s final permit on US Wind’s federal permitting application.

“This is a proud moment for US Wind,” said Jeff Grybowski, US Wind CEO. “After more than four years of rigorous and robust analysis, we are thrilled to have secured this final BOEM approval. US Wind’s projects will produce massive amounts of homegrown energy and will help satisfy the region’s critical need for more electricity, all while supporting good local jobs. America can achieve energy abundance and put many Americans to work building the power plants of the future.”

Additionally, the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) issued a Letter of Authorization to US Wind on November 26, 2024, marking that agency’s final authorization for US Wind’s construction in the federal lease area off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland. For more information, please visit NMFS’s website.

US Wind’s COP considers the full build-out of the federal lease area, which has the potential to generate up to 2 gigawatts (“GW”) of offshore wind power and power more than 600,000 homes in the region. For more information, please visit BOEM’s website.

About US Wind 

US Wind was founded in 2011 and has established itself as Maryland’s leader in offshore wind development. In 2014, US Wind acquired an 80,000-acre federal lease area off the coast of Maryland, which has the potential to generate approximately 1,800 MW of offshore wind and power more than 600,000 homes in Delmarva. In addition to developing clean energy for the region, US Wind is also establishing Sparrows Point Steel, Maryland’s first permanent offshore wind manufacturing facility at the former site of Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore County. US Wind is owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management, an American investment firm, and Renexia SpA, a subsidiary of Toto Holding SpA.

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