Maine Gov. Janet Mills promotes offshore wind energy roadmap

Feb 23

WMTW-TV8 • February 23, 2023

Maine Governor Janet Mills is touting her offshore wind “roadmap” for Maine, released on Thursday. Mills described the plan to a virtual wind energy summit organized by the Biden administration. She spoke from the Maine State House with a model of the University of Maine-designed floating concrete platform for wind turbines behind her. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved a plan to deploy up to a dozen floating turbines in the Gulf of Maine, the first project of its kind in the U.S., backed by a local coalition of environmentalists, unions, and businesses. Mills wants Maine 80% of Maine energy sources to be renewable by 2030.

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