By Staff
A new memorandum of understanding creates a framework to negotiate participation of Maine labor in the construction of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine.
New England Aqua Ventus LLC, or NEAV, and the Maine Building and Construction Trades Council, on behalf of itself and its affiliated local unions, yesterday announced they reached agreement on the memorandum.
NEAV is developing an offshore wind demonstration project near Monhegan with floating platform technology developed by the University of Maine.
The memorandum creates a framework that will lead to future negotiations of a project labor agreement and includes initiatives to bring new workers into the skilled trades to work on offshore wind, according to a news release.
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Contractors, developer promote offshore wind jobs deal for Maine
Trade unions representing 5,000 Maine workers would provide a talent pool to fill skilled positions for an anticipated wave of offshore wind construction.
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Chris Wissemann of New England Aqua Ventus speaks at a press conference in Portland on Wednesday. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
The developer of a floating wind demonstration project off Monhegan Island has reached an agreement with organized labor unions that’s expected to lead to skilled workers being hired for hundreds of construction jobs in a burgeoning new industry.
During a news conference Wednesday in Portland, New England Aqua Ventus LLC and the Maine Building and Construction Trades Council announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the role of Maine labor in offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine. The deal is among several being reached across the Eastern Seaboard for multiple projects
Fishermen in the Kennebunks and throughout Maine are in the fight of their lives now and are asking for the public’s support.
Gov. Janet Mills’ LD 994 law required the Public Utilities Commission to approve an experimental offshore wind farm with Maine Aqua Ventus/Diamond Offshore Wind. The research array would be up to 16 square miles in prime fishing areas( ). Some see this as a step in the right direction for the environment; others, including many fishermen, fear it will do just the opposite.
Some fishermen voiced concerns during a recent series of webinars. According to Dustin Delano, another meeting was scheduled, yet cancelled last minute by Diamond Offshore CEO Chris Wissemann, who said he would not be speaking if “certain fishermen” were involved.
A Midcoast lawyer shared his local community’s experience in Port Clyde regarding the proposed New England Aqua Ventus wind power experimental project during a Zoom public hearing hosted by the Boothbay select board Feb. 24. “I’m a lawyer in Port.
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