Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Hancock County, reported the wind turbine VolturnUS 1:8 was being towed down the Penobscot River on Sunday. The turbine prototype, developed by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners, was launched into the Penobscot River in Brewer last week and will be […]
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University of Maine research fellows have been assisting the Maine Governor’s STEM Council create a comprehensive strategy to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics initiatives through an effort funded by UMaine’s Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Laura Millay, a student in the master of science in teaching program through […]
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The St. John Valley Times reported U.S. Sen. Angus King and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud recently sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency about regulations affecting Maine’s paper industry. In the letter, the men stated the concerns were brought to their attention during the University of Maine’s Paper Days event in April.
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CBS News, The New York Times, Renewable Energy Magazine, Shanghai Daily, Composites World, MPBN and the Bangor Daily News were among several local and national news organizations to cover Friday’s launch of the first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine by members of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and Cianbro construction company. […]
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Boston Herald, North American Windpower, Portland Press Herald, Penobscot Bay Pilot and CleanTechnica were among several news organizations to preview Friday’s launch of the first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine by members of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and Cianbro construction company. The prototype will be launched into the Penobscot River […]
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UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and partners launch first offshore wind turbine in North America.
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Composites World was among several news organizations to cover last week’s unveiling of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s offshore buoy-based system that will measure wind speeds above the Gulf of Maine.
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) were among news organizations to cover the Friday unveiling of the University of Maine’s offshore buoy-based system that will measure wind speeds above the Gulf of Maine.
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UMaine unveils floating LIDAR system to collect deepwater offshore data in the Gulf of Maine.
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The Portland Press Herald carried an Associated Press story Friday about the University of Maine’s offshore data-collection wind buoy being ready for testing in the ocean. UMaine plans to commercialize the system, which will examine whether off-shore locations are suitable wind resources for wind farms.
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