U.S. Wind’s plans to bring offshore wind power onshore in Delaware is not dead in the water — yet — but the Sussex County Council’s denial last week of a conditional-use permit for the company to convert an existing substation near Dagsboro could delay construction.
The goal for U.S. Wind is to “get steel in the water,” and one U.S. Wind regional representative said that it had met two of the three “hurdles” needed to get to power generation.
In recent weeks, U.S. Wind had gained federal approval of its construction and operations plan (COP) to proceed with developing its offshore wind lease area some 15 miles off the coast of Ocean City, Md. Last week, the company also gained Delaware state approval on its permit requests, and DNREC granted approval on its environmental plans to protect…
