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Project facts
The Skipjack Wind projects will generate enough energy to power over 300,000 Delmarva homes.
Skipjack Wind will yield over $635 million in economic development commitments to the State of Maryland and the creation of thousands of temporary construction and long-term supply chain and operations jobs.
Those investments include:
- $140 million to support the development of the nation’s first sub-sea array cable manufacturing facility to be located at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Development of an offshore wind turbine tower manufacturing facility in the State of Maryland
- $10 million to support STEM scholarship and workforce development programming designed to ensure that Skipjack’s tremendous economic opportunities are available to all communities.
- $1 million in grant funding for environmental organizations in Maryland and Delaware.