The ‘Offshore Wind Projects in Mid-Atlantic Region’ seminar is scheduled for Thursday, May 24 in Washington. Markian Melnyk (Atlantic Wind Connection) will detail the project of wind farms from northern New Jersey to southern Virginia to be built in phases over a 10-year period. Keith Harrington (Chesapeake Climate Action Network) will focus on the proposed wind farm in Maryland.

In an era of high fossil fuel prices, oil imports from unstable countries, and the growing dangers of global warming, proponents of offshore wind claim that it can provide clean energy, create local jobs, establish long-term electric price stability, and for Maryland, produce the equivalent of two thirds of the state’s current electricity needs.