Media note UMaine award from Governor’s Energy Office for new offshore wind programs

The Bangor Daily News, MaineBiz, Engineering News-Record: New England and WABI-TV (Channel 5) reported that the Governor’s Energy Office’s Clean Energy Partnership program awarded the University of Maine $266,669 for OffshoreWind4Maine, an initiative led by Amrit Verma, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. The program will offer hands-on curricula that will give high school and UMaine students, and working professionals knowledge and skills in this growing industry. Energy Central shared the MaineBiz report. KWCH-TV (Channel 12 in Wichita, Kan.) shared the WABI report.