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Memorandum of Understanding between BOEM and Maryland will strengthen efforts to satisfy President Biden’s historic clear power objectives
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — As a part of the Biden-Harris administration’s dedication to develop offshore wind alternatives and advance an all-of-government strategy to handle the local weather disaster whereas creating good-paying jobs, the Division of the Inside immediately introduced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Bureau of Ocean Vitality Administration (BOEM) and the State of Maryland to help the coordinated growth of wind power era offshore Maryland.
Secretary of the Inside Deb Haaland, BOEM Director Elizabeth Klein and White Home Nationwide Local weather Advisor Ali Zaidi joined Governor Wes Moore to make the announcement at a signing ceremony in Annapolis.
“Maryland will play an important role in helping achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious renewable energy goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030,” mentioned Secretary Deb Haaland. “Today’s announcement represents another important step towards a clean, reliable energy future with good-paying jobs and economic opportunities that are accessible to communities across America.”
“With today’s partnership agreement, the Biden-Harris administration accelerates our work in lock step with key state partners like Maryland to build the American offshore wind industry, cut energy costs for families, and create thousands of good-paying jobs, all while tackling the climate crisis,” mentioned President Biden’s Nationwide Local weather Advisor Ali Zaidi. “Thanks to President Biden’s vision and strong partnership with Maryland state and federal leaders, the Biden-Harris administration will continue to work closely with Maryland to responsibly develop additional areas for offshore wind leasing in the Central Atlantic and grow this industry. The Biden-Harris administration will continue to use every available tool to ensure American workers and communities reap the economic and environmental benefits of this growing industry in Maryland and across the country.”
Underneath the MOU, BOEM and the State of Maryland will proceed ongoing efforts to discover and determine potential areas for offshore wind leasing. BOEM may even proceed to convene the Central Atlantic Intergovernmental Renewable Vitality Job Pressure with the state and different stakeholders to reinforce collaboration and tackle challenges related to the siting of offshore wind leasing areas. These efforts will help and increase current and deliberate coordination for growing offshore wind power within the Central Atlantic. These collaborative efforts will assist help a strong provide chain, yield higher financial return for Maryland and the USA, and create good-paying home jobs.
“BOEM is proud of our commitment to build a robust offshore wind industry that benefits communities and co-exists with other ocean uses,” mentioned BOEM Director Klein. “This Memorandum of Understanding solidifies our partnership to collaborate on expanding the opportunities for offshore wind energy in the Central Atlantic.”
In December 2023, the Biden-Harris administration, together with the Departments of the Inside, Protection, and Commerce, and the U.S. Coast Guard and Nationwide Aeronautics and House Administration, joined U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Governor Moore to announce a dedication to work collectively to guage further areas off Maryland’s shores that would turn into wind power areas and help the event of offshore wind initiatives.
President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is rising the American financial system from the center out and backside up – from rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, to driving over $860 billion in personal sector manufacturing and clear power investments in the USA, to creating good paying jobs and constructing a clear power financial system that can fight the local weather disaster and make our communities extra resilient.
For the reason that begin of the Biden-Harris administration, the Division has accepted the nation’s first eight industrial scale offshore wind initiatives, held 4 offshore wind lease auctions – together with a record-breaking sale offshore New York and New Jersey, a sale offshore the Carolinas, and the first-ever gross sales offshore the Pacific and Gulf Coasts – and superior the method to determine further Wind Vitality Areas in Oregon, the Gulf of Maine and the Central Atlantic. The Division has additionally taken steps to develop a sustainable offshore wind trade by encouraging the usage of challenge labor agreements, strengthening workforce coaching, bolstering a home provide chain, and thru enhanced engagement with Tribes, fisheries, underserved communities and ocean customers.
Courtesy of U.S. Division of Inside.
For extra details about offshore wind actions within the Central Atlantic, please go to BOEM’s web site.
