Wind Consortium, Lab Featured On Websites
The website Renewable Energy World has a story about the efforts of the UMaine-led DeepCwind Consortium, which is seeking to develop floating offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine. The story mentioned the recent EnergyOcean International 2011 conference, where Department of Energy Offshore Wind Manager Christopher Hart expressed enthusiasm for the consortium. The story also mentioned the new offshore wind lab set to open this fall on the UMaine campus. The Bangor Daily News noted the architectural and engineering firm WBRC has won an award from the Maine Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute for its design of the new laboratory.
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