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.
MIDCOAST A total of 96 businesses in Lincoln County received aid money from the Maine Tourism, Hospitality & Retail Recovery Grant program.
Funding for the program originated from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund with funding being provided to the first 2,500 approved applications from eligible tourism, hospitality and retail businesses in the industries of accommodation and food services; breweries; wineries; distilleries; retail trade; arts; entertainment; and recreation.
Applicants must have gross sales between $24,000 and $12 million annually and suffered a 20% or greater loss in gross sales as reported to the Maine Revenue Services on sales tax returns comparing either March 2019 through September 2019 to March 2020 through September 2020, for monthly filers, or April 2019 through September 2019 to April 2020 through September 2020, for quarterly filers.
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Contact New England Aqua Ventus: Duncan McEachern, 254 Commercial Street, Suite 245, Portland MR 04101, 207 523 3457 , info@dowdev.com
R/V Westerly will be operating multibeam bathymetry; side scan sonar; marine magnetometer; high frequency sub-bottom profilers; core sampling; and bottom photography to map the seafloor. Average vessel speed will be 3.5 knots when conducting survey, with towed sensors up to 200-feet behind vessel. Maximum vessel speed is 10 knots during transits when not towing equipment. The requested safety zone around the vessel while working is 1 nm. and is at the discretion of the Captain.
R/V Westerly will also transit to Mack Point, Searsport, and perform a geophysical survey east of the Bulk Pier. There is no requirement to move gear for this transit or survey work. It is anticipated that this work will occur during a weather delay day and not extend the overall schedule.
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