MAINE PUBLIC • March 11, 2020
Gov. Janet Mills is launching an effort to test whether the midcoast town of Searsport has potential as a hub for the development of wind energy off Maine's coast. Mills is directing the state Department of Transportation and other agencies to assess the deep-water Mack Port Terminal's capabilities and needs. The facility is already a delivery point for land-based wind turbines, and now a company called Aqua Ventus is planning to build the hull for an experimental floating wind platform there.