PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 11, 2024
Gov. Janet Mills and a handful of state officials are headed back to Maine after a trip to Scandinavia to discuss the growth of offshore wind with government and industry officials. Following two days in Norway, Mills and a team of state officials traveled to Denmark on Wednesday, meeting with the Danish Parliament’s Climate, Energy and Utilities Committee to discuss technical details relating to offshore wind production and Denmark’s energy goals. The U.S. Department of the Interior plans to auction off wind leases for eight sites in the Gulf of Maine on October 29.