MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • June 11, 2023
After years of delays, a plan to build America’s first commercial-size floating wind turbine off the Maine coast could be scrapped because the project has become too large, complicated and expensive. The proposed turbine and supporting platform, 3 miles off Monhegan Island and about 14 miles from Maine’s Midcoast, may also be superseded by a new proposal – for a research-oriented wind farm floating farther offshore. That’s the dilemma before the top executive pursuing both ventures.