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STERLING, Va. — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – the federal agency tasked with leasing federal waters for offshore wind projects – released on July 21 a draft environmental
Electricity customers in Maine are in for a big increase in their monthly bills next year. Most customers served by CMP and Versant Power could see an increase of $30 a month — and more price spikes might soon be on the way.
The state of Maine is asking fishermen to help site a proposed offshore wind turbine array that the industry largely opposes. “We know the industry has emphasized that nowhere is a good place for this. We hear that loud and clear,” Meredith Mendelson, deputy commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources, said at a virtual meeting Wednesday to discuss the array's potential location off the southern Maine coast. The Governor’s Energy Office is leading the development of a research array of up to 12 turbines covering up to 16 square miles. The exact location and size and number of t...
The state’s plan to install an array of wind-energy turbines off Maine’s southern coast for research purposes has prompted concerns among fishermen. “You’re shutting down habitat that we fish now so you’ll be displacing a lot of guys who are fishing out there,” said Portland lobster fisherman John Bisnette. His observations came during an informational webinar hosted Tuesday by the Governor’s Energy Office and the Maine Department of Marine Resources. The Governor’s Energy Office is the lead agency in the array’s development. The webinar was one of three the agency was hol...