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Maine will probably never have a major automobile or truck plant, but could be a supplier for a burgeoning off-shore wind industry, not just in the Gulf, but all along the Atlantic Coast. The Biden administration is quite serious about promoting this form of renewable energy.
Most of us don't want to live in a state that's only a destination for tourists and retirees.
James Gillway, who chairs the Offshore Wind Port Advisory Group, says the work is necessary to properly evaluate the island as a potential location for building wind turbines.
A citizen advisory committee will begin meeting in May to help Maine state officials determine the best site for an offshore wind power port.
The local nonprofit managing conserved land on Sears Island said it was blindsided by a proposal commissioned by the Mills administration to use part of the island as a hub to assemble massive floating wind turbines. The group wants the state to...