Environmental Benefits

Environmental Benefits

• Repurposes a depleted former coal strip mine, putting a site with limited alternative uses back to productive use while adding to Garrett County’s energy diversity
• Expands renewable resources, sustains local environmental quality and helps combat global climate change
• Will deliver enough electricity to the grid to support about 30,000 average Maryland households—the entirety of
• Garrett County—and portions of surrounding counties
• Reduction in CO₂ emissions per year, the equivalent of taking 50,000 average cars off the road