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Mills advances 10-year ban on offshore wind development in state waters
The moratorium would focus commercial-scale wind power development in federal waters of the Gulf of Maine, where an offshore wind research project is planned.
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As fishing interests geared up early Wednesday for a rally against offshore wind power development, the administration of Gov. Janet Mills introduced legislation to create a 10-year ban on new projects located in state waters.
The proposed moratorium would set aside state waters, which extend up to three miles from shore, for fishing and recreation. It would focus commercial-scale wind project development in federal waters of the Gulf of Maine, where the Mills administration has proposed a first-in-the-nation research array to study floating offshore wind technology.
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April 27, 2021 by dmartignetti
Governor Mills Announces $500,000 Innovation Challenge to Spur Clean Energy Start-Ups, Create Jobs. The New grant program from the Maine Technology Institute will support Maine clean energy companies, create jobs, and fight climate change
We speak with Dan Burgess: Director of the Governor’s Energy Office and Brian Whitney: President, Maine Technology Institute.
The Maine Clean Energy Innovation Challenge In recognition of Maine’s growing clean energy sector, and the state’s ambitious clean energy and climate goals, the MTI Board has allocated $500,000 in grant funding to accelerate at least two innovative proposals aimed at developing advanced clean energy technologies or services.
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Gov. Janet Mills talks with John Luft, branch manager of the ReVision Energy facility in Montville, on Thursday. Mills visited the solar energy system installer on Earth Day to announce a $500,000 competitive grant program for clean-energy startup businesses.
Kevin Miller/Staff Writer
MONTVILLE The state will create a $500,000 competitive grant program that will help to fund at least two clean energy startup companies in Maine, Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday.
The Maine Clean Energy Innovation Challenge program was unveiled on the 51st observance of Earth Day and touted as part of the administration’s push to create “green jobs” in the state. The program will be administered by the Maine Technology Institute, a quasi-governmental economic development agency, and the Governor’s Energy Office.
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The Governor’s Energy Office and the Maine Technology Institute are launching a $500,000 competitive grant program to fund clean energy startups, in an effort to spur job growth and reach the state’s goals for addressing climate change.
Gov. Janet Mills announced the Maine Clean Energy Innovation Challenge in a media event held Thursday, Earth Day, at the Montville headquarters of solar power company ReVision Energy.
The program will award at least two grants to companies for “innovative proposals aimed at developing advanced clean energy technologies or services” in Maine, according to the MTI website. Examples include projects related to energy generation, energy efficiency, clean transportation, energy storage, data or software for energy management and more.
On Earth Day, Gov. Mills announces $500,000 grant program for clean-energy startups
Gov. Janet Mills unveiled the competitive grant program on the same day that the Biden administration announced major climate-related goals for the U.S.
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Gov. Janet Mills talks with John Luft, branch manager of the ReVision Energy facility in Montville, on Thursday. Mills visited the solar energy system installer on Earth Day to announce a $500,000 competitive grant program for clean-energy startup businesses.
Kevin Miller/Staff Writer
MONTVILLE The state will create a $500,000 competitive grant program that will help to fund at least two clean energy startup companies in Maine, Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday.