US Wind Maryland Offshore Wind (MarWin)

Located ~18 km off Ocean City, Maryland. OCS-A 0490. Up to 114 turbines, four offshore substations.

Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
UnlikelyHafrok delivery likelihood
Ownership
UWUS Wind — 100% ◆
Location
United States
Northwest Atlantic
Technology
Capacity 2,200 MW ◇
Turbines —
Foundation Monopile ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights Seabed rights held ∴
Origination BOEM Lease Sale 3 · 2014 ·
Water depth 14–35 m ≈ Wind speed 9.8 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake OREC ◇
Grid —
Schedule
FID Not taken
COD · announced Dec 2030 ◇
COD · Hafrok for registered readers
On hold since Dec 2025 ◆

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Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record

2 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · 3 recorded ownership deals from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market

the contract terms on record · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers

construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification

Rests on 14 sources (5 primary) · ◆ 6 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator4
[5]
BOEM2024
supportsTotal capacity
[7]
BOEM (Maryland Offshore Wind, OCS-A 0490)2024
supportsTotal capacity
[12]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-08-23◆ US BOEM offshore-wind register (FR docum…
“Lease row OCS-A 0490: companies ['US Wind Inc.']; lease_dates ['12/01/2014']; lease_terms ['25 Years']; states ['Maryland']; block_count 89.”
supportsRegister entry
[13]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)2026-09-03◆ BOEM project page - Maryland Offshore Wi…
“On December 3, 2024, the Department of the Interior announced the approval of the Maryland Offshore Wind Project Construction and Operations Plan (COP).”
supportsConsentConsent granted
Operator1
[14]
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland2025-12-15◆ US Wind v. Department of the Interior - …
“US Wind may continue to develop the project under the approved COP that remains in force. It simply has made a business decision not to do so in light of the political headwinds it perceives.”
supportsConsentOn holdConsent granted
Financier1
[4]
Apollo2024◆ Apollo Infrastructure Funds Announce Str…
supportsoperator
Auction results2
[15]
Maryland PSC2017◆ us-md-order-88192
MD PSC Order 88192 (Case 9431) - OREC Round 1 award rules (US Wind MarWin + Skipjack).
supportsOREC · Maryland PSC Offshore Wind OREC Round 1
[16]
Maryland General Assembly2019◆ us-md-ceja-2019
Maryland Clean Energy Jobs Act 2019 (SB 516) - authorized OREC Round 2 (>=1,200 MW).
supportsOREC · Maryland PSC Offshore Wind OREC Round 2 (Clean Energy Jobs Act 2019)
Trade press5
[6]
NS Energy2024
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFoundationMechanismDetail
[8]
Global Energy Monitor2026-07-02
supportsCoordinates
[9]
GEBCO Compilation Group2020
supportsWater depth
[10]
DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas)2026
supportsMean wind speed
[11]
offshoreWIND.biz2025-01-29
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCommercial operation
Unverified import1
[1]
unknown
supportsTotal capacityFoundationWater depthCoordinates
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