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Port operators at nearby Mack Point and Estes Head in Eastport are eager to host a site where offshore turbines can be made, assembled and launched.
For decades, Sears Island in northern Penobscot Bay has been caught between development proposals and the environmentalists who want to conserve it. But the most recent conflict is a bit trickier — as it involves a green-energy project.
The logical place in the harbor is Mack Point, a post-industrial site with a loading dock.
The new plant and rail improvements could allow Maine to produce and ship industrial-grade wood pellets to Europe, where they are a critical energy source.
The non-profit that's trying to revitalize the former Great Northern Paper Mill in Millinocket said it has plans to build a wood pellet production facility and expand nearby rail lines.