Sen. Susan Collins, Secretary of Energy praise UMaine’s offshore wind efforts at hearing
Republican U.S. Sen Susan Collins lauded the University of Maine’s leadership on offshore wind at a March 27 hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry responded that Maine Aqua Ventus is “a really important step” and called UMaine an “integral partner” in the pursuit of developing technology to harness offshore wind energy.
He added the floating platform technology developed at UMaine is a “really fascinating type of innovation.”
A video clip of the hearing is online.