A state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation’s first floating offshore…
Gov. Janet Mills said the state has selected state-owned Sears Island, about 117 miles northeast of Portland, as the preferred site for the port facilityA state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation's first floating offshore wind power research array, the state's governor said Tuesday.
Mills said Tuesday the state has selected state-owned Sears Island, about 117 miles northeast of Portland, as the preferred site for the port facility. The site would take up about 100 acres of the 941-acre island and is the most feasible place to build the port, Mills said. Meanwhile, the state has proposed to lease a site in the Gulf of Maine for the floating research array. That application is before the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Some community and conservation groups in the state have also opposed wind development. Steve Miller, a member of the Alliance for Sears Island, said his group was planning a demonstration for Wednesday because it felt the state was “breaking its promise to Maine residents” by locating the port on the island.
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