Worcester Co. Commissioners working to protect commercial marine harbor from offshore wind project

WORCESTER CO., Md. – Worcester County leaders are switching tact in their efforts to stop an offshore wind project planned off the coast of Ocean City.

On Tuesday, County Commissioners began efforts to purchase two properties in the West Ocean City Commercial Maritime Harbor.

Renexia SpA, a foreign-owned construction company and the parent company to U.S. wind, is eyeing the same plots to build an offshore wind operations and maintenance facility. The work would include tearing down historic active fish houses in the area.

Local leaders worry that would impact the local recreational and commercial fishing industries. Meanwhile, the U.S. wind project is being challenged in federal court.