Add to ORKGMaine’s offshore and onshore wind power industry faces challenges both political and financial, but there are two offshore pilot programs competing for a Department of Energy grant of $46.6 million. One is the University of Maine’s VolturnUS which uses a unique floating platform technology. UMaine has pledged to have the turbines made in Maine of Maine materials. The other project is Statoil’s Hywind Maine. Statoil is an international energy company based in Norway. Their project has a price guarantee from the Maine Public Utilities Commission. The article elaborates on the key differences between the projects and discusses some of the political roadblocks the projects’ backers face in Maine. With a sidebar explaining why wind power in gene...
Offshore wind holds huge promise as a renewable electricity source. Using existing turbine technolog...
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The Talk of Maine piece on Maine\u27s first community wind-power project--newly operating on Vinalh...
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Wind farms in Maine and the future of developing more are featured in this article. [images, map
Federal and state governments have developed ambitious goals for offshore wind projects. While Maine...
Maine\u27s first and only wind farm was built in Mars Hill by UPC Wind Inc. Two other proposals have...
Offshore wind will provide a key piece of the United States’ clean energy future. Several East Coast...
Given the likelihood of the development of offshore wind farms in Maine and the increasingly politic...
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If Maine is to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, and the associated greenhouse gas emissions, it ...
Maine exports slightly more electricity than it imports, and half of what the state generates comes ...
Offshore wind holds huge promise as a renewable electricity source. Using existing turbine technolog...
More than 2,000 megawatts of new wind power projects have been proposed for Maine. Southern New Engl...
The Talk of Maine piece on Maine\u27s first community wind-power project--newly operating on Vinalh...
Article on the possibilities for wind power in Maine, discussing the economics of wind power product...
Maine is at a crossroads in its energy future. With 80 percent of homes in the state heated by oil, ...
This article presents the story of one renewable energy alternative that is available wherever the w...
Powering up Maine, part one of a three-part series. Maine\u27s deep coastal waters feature some of ...
Wind farms in Maine and the future of developing more are featured in this article. [images, map
Federal and state governments have developed ambitious goals for offshore wind projects. While Maine...
Maine\u27s first and only wind farm was built in Mars Hill by UPC Wind Inc. Two other proposals have...
Offshore wind will provide a key piece of the United States’ clean energy future. Several East Coast...
Given the likelihood of the development of offshore wind farms in Maine and the increasingly politic...
Wind power resources on the eastern U.S. continental shelf are estimated to be over 400 GW, several ...
If Maine is to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, and the associated greenhouse gas emissions, it ...
Maine exports slightly more electricity than it imports, and half of what the state generates comes ...
Offshore wind holds huge promise as a renewable electricity source. Using existing turbine technolog...
More than 2,000 megawatts of new wind power projects have been proposed for Maine. Southern New Engl...
The Talk of Maine piece on Maine\u27s first community wind-power project--newly operating on Vinalh...