MAINE PUBLIC • November 21, 2022
As Maine anticipates the development of offshore wind, state planners are looking for a suitable port to use as a staging area. Members of a state working group toured two possible sites in Searsport on Friday. Two dozen members of the group — representing maritime interests, environmental organizations, and state agencies — first toured Sears Island, where various port proposals have met stiff resistance in the past. Next, the group visited the port of Mack Point, where the environmental group Friends of Sears Island would prefer the wind port to be sited. DOT will consider the working group's input, and settle on a site sometime in the next year.