One bill lays out a detailed state path to promote floating offshore wind that will help Maine meet its climate goals and create jobs, while the other seeks to use the state’s power to keep the industry out of the Gulf of Maine where fishermen earn their living.
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Northern Maine wind power project wins PUC approval
Maine utilities would buy 60% of the output from the planned wind farm, which would be the largest east of the Mississippi, while Massachusetts would pay 40% of the project costs.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine would buy offshore wind power in huge quantities under proposed law
New legislation would require the Public Utilities Commission to procure enough electricity from offshore wind farms to power 980,000 homes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Gulf of Maine swath mulled as potential site for commercial wind turbines
In Portland on Thursday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is scheduled to discuss a proposal that could allow wind-power leases on nearly 10 million acres of offshore waters.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine regulators approve wind power, transmission project
Maine regulators have approved a pair of energy projects that would generate wind power in Aroostook County.
Posted inElection 2022, Maine
Green Divide: LePage, Mills environmental records a study in contrasts
While governor, LePage rolled back environmental regulations and stifled renewable energy in the hopes of growing the economy. Mills reversed most of these policies and embraced the state’s role as a leader in fighting climate change.
Posted inNation / World
Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in U.S., pleads guilty
Companies historically have been able to avoid prosecution under the century-old Migratory Bird Treaty if they take steps to avoid bird deaths and seek permits for those that occur.
Posted inNation / World
New Jersey bill would remove local control of wind power lines
The measure appears to be an effort to head off any local objections to at least 1 wind power project envisioned to come ashore at 2 former power plants, and run cables under 2 of the state’s most popular beaches.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World
Clean energy megaprojects, including in Maine, divide environmentalists
America’s patchwork of environmental and conservation groups have disparate opinions about large-scale renewable energy projects that could rise during President Biden’s tenure.
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Wind energy firm using buoys to study conditions, animals off New Jersey coast
The research comes as activity ramps up off New Jersey’s coastline to establish wind-powered energy sources.