Economic Development

LePage Vetoes Energy Bill Lacking UMaine Project Support, Media Report

The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald and WABI (Channel 5) were among news organizations to report Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to veto a wide-ranging energy bill that won support in the Legislature. LePage vetoed the bill because an amendment was not added to help the University of Maine’s offshore wind project. The House overrode […]

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Trostel’s Research Focus of Mainebiz Article

The Mainebiz article “CEO group advances early education effort” focuses on a Maine Early Learning Investment Group study on the fiscal benefits of creating a statewide early childhood education system for those with low incomes. Philip Trostel, economist at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and the School of Economics at the University of Maine, […]

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Fenceviewer Article Focuses on Offshore Wind Turbine Impact

Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Hancock County, Maine, recently published the article titled “Developers hoping for big impact from first offshore wind energy turbine in U.S.” The article is about VolturnUS, the turbine developed by the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium, and how investors hope it will positively affect how electricity is […]

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Media Cover Connection of Turbine to Grid

Renewable Energy News, North American Windpower, MPBN, Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) were among several news organizations to cover an event in Castine on Thursday recognizing the connection of the VolturnUS offshore wind turbine to the electric grid. The turbine, created under the direction of the University of Maine-led DeepCwind […]

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Newport Child Receives Bed from Company Aided by UMaine, Media Reports

WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported a 7-year-old from Newport who suffers from hydrocephalus, which has caused her to be developmentally delayed due to seizures, recently received a $4,500 bed specially designed by Millinocket man Patrick Cyr and paid for by the Robbie Foundation. Cyr started his company, Courtney Beds, […]

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Media Report on Turbine Being Connected to Grid

The Portland Press Herald, WLBZ (Channel 2) and WABI (Channel 5) were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press report on the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center connecting its offshore wind turbine to the electric grid in Castine on Thursday. VolturnUS is the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in North […]

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StateImpact Reports on UMaine Wind Project, Wonders if Texas is Next

StateImpact Texas, a reporting project of NPR member stations, recently published the article “As offshore wind turbine launches in Maine, is Texas next?” The article states researchers in Texas are racing to catch up to offshore wind advances made by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.

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