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Baltimore County Council approves $10M to turn old power plant into waterfront park
This blog post is a re-post of the article in the Baltimore Sun by Lia Russell The former facility of the C.P. Crane power plant in Baltimore County will now become a waterfront park. The Baltimore County Council greenlit a plan to spend $10 million in state...
County to Turn Site into Parkland
This blog post is a re-post of the article in the Baltimore Sun by Lia Russell The former C.P. Crane power plant in Bowleys Quarters will become parkland after Baltimore County said it had agreed to acquire more than half of the 153-acre decommissioned coal plant from...
BALTIMORE COUNTY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO ACQUIRE MAJOR PORTIONS OF FORMER C.P. CRANE POWER PLANT IN MIDDLE RIVER TO PRESERVE AS PARKLAND
Reposted from The Article by Baltimore County Government March 04, 2024 Baltimore County TOWSON, MD – Baltimore County today announced it has entered into an agreement in principle with Charlotte-based Forsite Development to acquire major portions of former Charles P....
Galway Sustainable Capital Acquires Forsite Renewables
Strategic Transaction will Fund Growth of Charlotte-based Company CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sterling Power Opportunities, a subsidiary of Galway Sustainable Capital, Inc., has acquired a majority interest in Forsite Renewables, a Charlotte-based developer of...
August 16, 2022 – Verplank to open Muskegon port facility
A new port along the lakeshore is scheduled to open this weekend. Verplank Family Holding Co. is set to host a ribbon cutting and facility tour of its new Muskegon port facility at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at 151 N. Causeway St. The new facility is on the site of...
March 15, 2022 – C.P. Crane Towers Demolition in June
The good news is the C.P. Crane smokestacks are coming down, removing what Bowleys Quarters residents call towering eyesores. The bad news is the C.P. Crane smoke-stacks are coming down, removing a distinctive and familiar navigational landmark for boaters along the...
October 4, 2021 – New buyer looks at other uses for shuttered Baltimore County coal plant
A Baltimore County coal power plant that closed in 2018 and was slated to reopen as a natural gas-fired generator could be redeveloped instead into a renewable energy provider, a data center or housing, the facility’s new owner said. Forsite Development said it bought...
October 4, 2021 – Forsite Development Acquires CP Crane Generating Station in Baltimore County, Maryland
CHARLOTTE – Forsite Development, Inc. has announced it has acquired the CP Crane Generating Station in Baltimore County, Md. Forsite acquired the shuttered 400-megawatt coal plant from Chicago-based Middle River Power. The 153-acre plant is located off Carroll Island...
May 21, 2021 – Remembering the B.C. Cobb generation plant Brick by Brick
MUSKEGON, Mich. — The B-C Cobb Generation plant in Muskegon ran for 68 years before being decommissioned in 2016. The plant was demolished last year. Former workers and retirees gathered Friday to hold a dedication ceremony for their old stomping grounds. Bricks from...