The Trump administration is accelerating its crackdown on offshore wind development by moving to withdraw federal approvals for a project planned off the coast of Maryland.
The Interior Department intends to remand and vacate the construction and operations permit granted to renewable company US Wind for its Maryland Offshore Wind Project, also known as MarWin, according to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware on Friday.
The project was approved under the Biden administration in early December 2024 and could generate more than two gigawatts of energy, enough to power over 718,000 homes.
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Construction and operations permits obtained from the Interior Department last year approved the construction of up to 114 turbines, four offshore substations, a meteorological tower, and up to four cable
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