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- UMaine faces offshore wind rival for federal funding (3/9/14)
Principle Power came to Maine from Seattle in 2008 with the hope of testing an innovative floating wind turbine off the coast, in a demonstration project with partners that included the University of Maine. But the company abandoned the plan two years later, citing the state’s parochial politics and what its president says were unreasonable conditions demanded by the university.
- Cianbro, others push for renewal of offshore wind power tax credits (2/25/14)
WASHINGTON — Businesses working to launch the first offshore wind energy facilities in U.S. waters urged Congress on Monday to renew tax credits they said are “absolutely critical” to kick-starting an industry that could bring significant numbers of jobs to Maine and other coastal states.
- UMaine’s offshore wind energy pilot project wins initial OK (1/14/14)
HALLOWELL — The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday morning approved in a 2-1 vote a term sheet for Maine Aqua Ventus’ pilot offshore wind energy project.
- UMaine releases offshore wind project proposal (11/6/13)
AUGUSTA – The University of Maine and its partner companies have offered a glimpse into their offshore wind project proposal, releasing information about plans to supply some power directly to Monhegan Island, the companies working on the project and more specifics on its technology.
- BCC unveils wind power certificate program (8/2/13)
NEW BEDFORD — Right on the heels of Wednesday's offshore wind energy lease auction, Bristol Community College announced Thursday it will launch a new program at its New Bedford campus to help ready SouthCoast residents for jobs in the new wind power industry.
- Move to explore wind power is ‘win-win’ (3/2/14)
HAMPTON — A University of New Hampshire professor of ocean engineering sees a local effort to study offshore wind energy as a "smart move."
- Bristol residents consider tapping UMaine offshore wind power project for free school electricity (2/3/14)
BRISTOL — Residents of Bristol, where electricity from a proposed offshore wind energy project would be delivered to the mainland, want the project’s developers to provide some specific benefit to the town to offset potential harm to fishing grounds and scenery
- Fishing community expresses concerns about offshore wind turbine proposal (11/13/13)
FRIENDSHIP — A proposed wind turbine farm off Monhegan Island was met with skepticism and outright opposition during a presentation Tuesday night in this fishing village.
- Radio tagging tracks birds for turbine planners (9/2/13)
Loring, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is studying the best way to track birds offshore as part of an effort by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to determine how ocean-based wind turbines may affect bird flight, habitat and mortality.
- Opinion: Offshore wind energy a major step closer (8/2/13)
Anyone who uses online auction sites knows how it often happens that everybody lurks without bidding until the last feverish minute when everybody jumps in. That's a lot what it looked like Wednesday as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management conducted the first-ever offshore wind energy auction.