The plans for Maine's floating wind port

Maine's Offshore Wind Port | Governor's Energy Office - Maine.gov

In March 2020, Governor Mills directed MaineDOT to study the Port of Searsport to assess needs to support Maine's offshore wind industry. An active seaport ...

The plans for Maine's floating wind port, explained

Just this week, Maine was granted a lease from the federal government for a floating offshore wind research station about 30 miles off the ...

Governor Mills Announces Agreement on Federal Research Lease ...

The purpose-built port facility will establish Maine's place in the growing offshore wind industry, become a hub for job creation and economic ...

Port - Maine Offshore Wind Initiative

The State of Maine has selected a site on Sears Island in the Port of Searsport, pictured above and to the right, for a purpose-built facility for floating ...

The plans for Maine's floating wind port, explained

What are the plans? The state of Maine wants to build a $760 million port that can specifically accommodate the assembly and deployment of ...

The Siting of an Offshore Wind Port Raises New Conflicts in Maine

In May, the state applied for a $456 million federal grant to build a specially designed port on about 100 acres of Sears Island to support Maine's nascent ...

Maine Offshore Wind Initiative: Home

Maine is investing in a new purpose-built port in Searsport for offshore wind fabrication, staging, assembly, maintenance, and deployment. With deepwater access ...

Maine misses out on $456 million sought for offshore wind port

Federal transportation officials turned down Maine's request for a $456 million grant to develop a port for floating offshore wind energy, a ...

US state of Maine pushes towards large floating wind farms | Reuters

The first floating wind farm in the U.S. and state actions to bolster supply and demand will help to reduce risks and attract investors to ...

Maine granted first floating offshore wind power research lease

The state requested the lease from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for a floating offshore wind research array with up to a dozen ...

We hopped on a boat to see what Maine's offshore wind future could ...

Meanwhile, the state is set on building a specialized port on Sears Island in Searsport to construct and deploy floating wind. A 2023 bill ...

Searsport Offshore Wind Port - ArcGIS StoryMaps

The purpose of the proposed action is to construct a marshalling (staging) port facility in Maine that supports the development of the ...

Maine gets greenlight for landmark floating offshore wind research ...

Construction on a proposed offshore wind port in Searsport is not expected to start until 2026 or 2027. The research conducted at the array is ...

US Grants Maine First Floating Offshore Wind Research Lease

At the beginning of 2024, Governor Mills announced Sears Island as the preferred site for a port to construct and service floating offshore wind ...

The plans for Maine's floating wind port, explained - Saving Seafood

MAINE: The plans for Maine's floating wind port, explained ... June 3, 2024 — The Maine Department of Transportation recently announced that it had applied ...

Offshore Wind in the Gulf of Maine

In February of 2024, Sears Island was announced as the State's preferred site for the offshore wind port, after significant stakeholder engagement and ...

The plans for Maine's floating wind port, explained

The state of Maine wants to build a $760 million port that can specifically accommodate the assembly and deployment of floating wind turbines.

Sears Island to House Maine's Floating Offshore Wind Port

“In carefully considering all of these, I believe that, on balance, Sears Island is the best choice for an offshore wind port because it is ...

With the development of a floating offshore wind port, Maine could ...

The state of Maine recently applied for federal funds to build a wind port on Sears Island. So what's the plan? The port would cost $760 million ...

Offshore wind is coming to Maine. Here's what we know.

Janet Mills announced that Sears Island on the northern tip of Penobscot Bay would be the location of a new port from which floating turbines ...