Weeks Away from Launch, UMaine's Wind Projects Ordered to Halt Work
The federal government has directed the University of Maine to halt activity on $15.8 million in offshore wind research projects, including a floating turbine that is over a decade in the making and weeks away from a final launch off the coast of Castine.
The University of Maine System received a letter from the U.S. Department of Energy on April 11 saying it was suspending the projects for "failure to comply" with federal policies, but did not specify which ones.
The notice came just hours after contractors had...
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