Posted on June 13, 2025
US Wind has secured an air quality permit-to-construct, New Source Review (NSR) approval, and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) approval for its 1,710 MW offshore wind project off Maryland (United States) from the Department of the Environment’s Air and Radiation Administration (ARA). The project, which secured federal go-ahead at the end of 2024, is expected to comprise up to 114 wind turbines, up to four offshore substations and four offshore export cables that run from the lease area to shore in Delaware, where up to three onshore substations are planned to be built to connect the project to the regional grid. US Wind is an offshore wind development company, owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management (United States), and Renexia (Italy).
In addition, Atlantic Shore Offshore Wind, a joint-venture between Shell and EDF, has filed a request to cancel its 1.5 GW offshore wind project off the coast of Atlantic City (New Jersey, United States). Specifically, it petitioned the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to end its Offshore Renewable Energy Certificates (OREC) order, citing economic and political headwinds. In January 2025, all federal permitting and approval work for wind projects were frozen. Subsequently, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Environmental Appeal Board suspended an air permit granted to the firm in 2024, which would have allowed Atlantic Shores to move forward with construction.
