Dagher Quoted in Louisiana Newspaper

Habib Dagher, the director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was quoted extensively in an article in the Thibodaux Daily Comet of Lafourche Parish, La., about the potential for offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico. Dagher said there is a heightened level of interest on the part of the Obama administration in moving forward with development of offshore wind projects, and discussed UMaine’s partnership with the DeepCWind Consortium to develop floating platforms for wind turbines.