AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Transportation said May 17 that it has applied for $456 million in grant funding from the federal government to help construct the East Coast's first floating offshore wind port on a portion of state-owned Sears.
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Turbines and other offshore wind components are to be assembled in the Waldo County town of Searsport, following a two-year study and debate over the port's future, Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday.
The decision to develop the Searsport location to assemble and ship turbines and other offshore wind components to sites in the Gulf of Maine is subject to state and federal permitting.
The decision to develop the Searsport location to assemble and ship turbines and other offshore wind components to sites in the Gulf of Maine is subject to state and federal permitting.