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Is Maine offshore wind becalmed or fogged-in?

Loss of federal funding, diminished investor interest and a President Trump anti-offshore wind Executive Order make Maine’s plans for developing a commercial-scale offshore wind manufacturing…

hunt for funding sources continues

Maine DOT postpones Searsport informational meeting about proposed wind port

A view of Sears Island, from a Mack Point vantage point. (File photo)

AUGUSTA - As the Maine Department of Transportation continues to evaluate sources of funding for the development of an offshore wind port, the DOT said Nov. 8 that it has postponed an…

Maine unsuccessful in securing federal grant for proposed Sears Island wind port

Sears Island, as viewed from Mack Point, which lies across a short channel in Searsport. (file photo)

The U.S. Department of…

Maine Delegation completes mission to Demark, Norway to promote offshore wind power

Governor Janet Mills and a delegation of State of Maine officials completed the second and final leg of a mission to Norway and Denmark focused on positioning Maine as a leader in the responsible development and deployment of floating offshore wind. The Maine delegation included Maine International Trade Center President Wade Merritt, Director of the Governor's Energy Office Dan Burgess, and Director of the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future Hannah Pingree. (Photo courtesy Gov. Mills Offi

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Maine DMR trawls Gulf of Maine wind energy area, sampling, collecting data

The Maine Department of Marine Resources will be conducting a bottom trawl survey of the Maine Research Array Wind Energy Area. Work will begin on October 15and continue through November 31. …

meeting this evening

Searsport Select Board to meet with Maine DOT, hear updates on Sears Island wind port plans

SEARSPORT — The Searsport Select Board is meeting with the Maine Dept. of Transportation this evening, Aug. 13, 5 to 7 p.m., at the …

UPDATE: Maine State Police investigate tractor trailer crash carrying wind turbines

A tractor trailer collided with a bridge in Stockton Springs Aug. 9. (Photo courtesy Maine Dept. of Public Safety)

UPDATE: The windmill blade was moved from Stockton Springs at 4:30 a.m., August 10, and arrived in Searsport at 7 a.m. with no issues. Troopers were able to keep Route 1…

Route 1 north of Searsport scheduled for large truck traffic carrying wind turbines through October

Wind turbines stacked at Mack Point in Searsport after being offloaded from cargo ships. They will be bound for Somerset and Washington counties via truck in the early morning through October. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)

The public is advised that wind turbines and other wind power components will be transported via big trucks from Mack Point in Searsport and bound for Washington and Somerset counties in the early…

repurposed industrial site or undeveloped waterfront

Mack Point or Sears Island: Debate over state offshore wind port site continues

Wind turbine blades have been unloaded at Mack Point from a ship that sailed in from India, and are being stacked in place prior to truck transport to northern and eastern Maine land-based wind power facilities. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)

SEARSPORT — The geographical distance between Mack Point and Sears Island on the northern end of Penobscot Bay is but a slingshot apart,…

Sprague Energy promotes competing location at Mack Point in Searsport

Maine DOT seeks $456 million federal grant to help fund wind port on Sears Island

The Port Map of the proposed wind port on Sears Island, as depicted in the grant application for federal funding that was prepared and submitted by the Maine DOT.

The DOT is requesting a $456 million Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant award to construct the East Coast’s first purpose-built floating offshore wind port as well as the nation’s first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant semi- submersible barge to accommodate the fabrication, marshaling, and installation of floating offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine. The total cost of the project budget is $760 million.

AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation said May 17 that it has applied for $456 million in grant funding from the federal government to help construct the East Coast's first floating…

‘This was not an easy decision, nor is it one that I made lightly’

Maine’s plan to site wind power port on Sears Island draws swift response, with support and opposition

SEARSPORT — The announcement made Feb. 20 by the State of Maine that is has chosen Sears Island and not Mack Point in Searsport as its preferred site for a port facility to support the floating…