UMaine Offshore Wind Collaborator in News Report

Channel 2 (WLBZ) aired a report about plans by Statoil of Norway for a series of public meetings starting this week to answer questions from residents about proposed offshore floating wind turbines. Statoil and the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center have been collaborating on offshore wind research and experimentation. Statoil wants to have several demonstration turbines operating by 2016, according to the news report.

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