UMaine Offshore Wind Project Selected as DOE Alternate, Media Report

The Associated Press, Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, and WLBZ (Channel 2) were among news organizations to report on the U.S. Department of Energy’s selection of finalists for the next phase of its Advanced Technology Demonstration Program. The University of Maine’s offshore wind project known as New England Aqua Ventus was selected fourth and is an alternate. The project will receive $3 million for further research and development, and will be considered for more funding should additional funds become available. “We’re certainly going to have the opportunity to continue to try to demonstrate this technology at full scale and whether it’s directly with DOE as a partner or through some other vehicle that’s something we’ll have to be working on over the next years,” said UMaine’s Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development Jake Ward. The Washington Post, SFGate, Houston Chronicle, The Washington Times, Boston Herald, WABI (Channel 5) and Sun Journal carried the AP report.