March geo-survey first step in estimated 2023 launch
JOSEPH CHARPENTIER Tue, 02/23/2021 - 10:00am
The Volturn 1:8, a to-scale test of the turbine which will be installed off the coast of Monhegan Island and is presumed to go live in 2023. File photo
New England Aqua Ventus (NEAV), formerly known as Maine Aqua Ventus, will soon begin ramping up efforts to put a single 10-12 megawatt turbine about two miles south of Monhegan Island. The project seeks to lay over 20 miles of cable several feet under the ocean floor from East Boothbay shores to the site.
The floating semisubmersible hull is a University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center design patented as VolturnUS. The UMaine-based researchers and engineers constructed and ran a 1:8, one-to-eight, version of a six megawatt turbine off the coast of Castine.