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Maryland’s Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 incentivizes the development of offshore wind deployment through a carve-out of a portion of the Tier 1 renewable resource requirement under Maryland’s RPS, not to exceed 2.5% from offshore wind sources between 2017-2022.

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Title Source/Sponsor Datesort ascending
Department of the Interior Announces Environmental Review of First Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore Maryland DOI Jun 6 2022
Threading a Moving needle: The Spatial Dimensions Characterizing US Offshore Wind Policy Drivers Elsevier Aug 19 2021
Power Sector, Supply Chain, Jobs, and Emissions Implications of 30 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind Power by 2030 NREL Aug 1 2021
Site Assessment Plan (SAP) Maryland Offshore Wind Project Lease OCS-A 0490 BOEM Oct 22 2020
ARCON Training Center to Launch U.S. Wind Energy Training Facility in Salisbury, Maryland Arcon Dec 19 2019
U.S. OFFSHORE WIND POWER: AN INDUSTRY IN MOTION Kleinman Center for Energy Policy: University of Pennsylvania Aug 1 2018
Tilting At Windmills: The Emerging U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Industry Kleinman Center for Energy Policy: University of Pennsylvania Oct 2 2017
House Committee Adopts Amendment Against Maryland Offshore Wind Representative Andy Harris (MD-01) Jul 20 2017
Maryland PSC Case Files for U.S. Wind and Skipjack Offshore Energy OREC Proceeding Maryland Public Service Commission Jun 16 2017
Maryland PSC Awards ORECS to U.S. Wind and Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC Maryland Public Service Commission May 11 2017
Maryland Energy Administration Offshore Wind Industry Grant Programs Maryland Energy Administration Apr 20 2017
120 MW Skipjack Maryland Offshore Project Application Deepwater Wind Dec 5 2016
Maryland PSC Announces Proceeding to Evaluate Offshore Wind Projects Public Service Commission of Maryland Nov 22 2016
Baltimore County Grant Application for Offshore Wind Assembly Baltimore County, Maryland May 16 2016
Maryland - Notice of Offshore Wind Project Application Period Maryland Public Service Commission Feb 24 2016
US Wind Applies to Maryland PSC for 750 MW Project US Wind Dec 9 2014
Maryland Energy Administration High Resolution Geophysical Resource Survey Maryland Energy Administration May 6 2014
Recommended Criteria and Process for the Evaluation and Selection of Offshore Wind Applications Maryland Public Service Commission Staff Apr 4 2014
Legal Process and Lessons from the Cape Wind Project Sea Grant Law and Policy Journal Jul 1 2013
Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 State of Maryland Apr 9 2013
A Guide to State Management of Offshore Wind Energy in the Mid-Atlantic Region NOAA Apr 1 2013
Atlantic Wind Connection-NJ energy link Atlantic Wind Connection Jan 14 2013
Impacts of Atlantic Wind Connection on New Jersey Atlantic Wind Connection Jan 1 2013
Request to Study the Atlantic Wind Connection Project and Request for Scoping Meeting Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC); Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) Jun 13 2012
Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities- Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas- Biological Assessment (BA) US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) May 24 2012
Notice of Determination of No Competitive Interest (DNCI) for Proposed Right-of-Way (ROW) Grant Area [Docket No. BOEM-2012-0043] US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) May 15 2012
What Offshore Wind Means for Maryland- Environmental, Economic and Public Health Benefits Across the State Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center Mar 28 2012
Offshore Maryland- Call for Information and Nominations (CFI) [Docket No. BOEM-2011-0058] US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Mar 26 2012
Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities- Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas- Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)- Volume I: Chapters 1-8 US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Mar 1 2012
Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities- Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas- Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)- Volume II: Figures, Tables, Appendices, and Keyword Index US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Mar 1 2012

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