{"id":4450,"date":"2014-02-24T11:32:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=4450"},"modified":"2014-02-26T09:13:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T14:13:10","slug":"umaine-seeks-second-doe-grant-to-build-pilot-wind-farm-off-monhegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/umaine-seeks-second-doe-grant-to-build-pilot-wind-farm-off-monhegan\/","title":{"rendered":"UMaine seeks second DOE grant to build pilot wind farm off Monhegan"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORONO, ME \u2013 In February, the Maine Aqua Ventus I (MAV-I) team submitted its proposal for a demonstration-scale offshore wind farm to the US Department of Energy (DOE) in the second qualifying round for<\/p>\n

$46.5 million in funding.<\/p>\n

If successful, the grant will go towards designing, deploying, and monitoring two six-megawatt wind turbines at the state-designated offshore wind test site south of Monhegan Island.\u00a0 Home to a year-round population of about 65 people, Monhegan is a small island, 1.75 miles long and .75 of a mile wide, located about 11 miles off Midcoast Maine.<\/p>\n

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The location and approximate size of the Monhegan wind farm demonstration site about 2.5 miles south of the island. (Maine Aqua Ventus I GP LLC graphics)<\/p><\/div>\n

Last year at this time, the project, which is being led by the University of Maine (UMaine), was one of seven to secure the first $4 million in funding from DOE.\u00a0 In doing so, it beat out 63 other teams seeking funding for innovative offshore wind projects.<\/p>\n

The first phase allowed selected projects to complete 50% of the front-end engineering and design work for their demonstration-scale wind farms.<\/p>\n

The upcoming round of funding comes with a few strings attached.\u00a0 Qualifying teams must show that their projects would create cheap electricity by the 2030s \u2013 as low as 10 cents per kilowatt-hour.\u00a0 They also must have an academic research partner, a requirement that the MAV-I team says puts it in the lead.<\/p>\n

Maine Aqua Ventus I GP LLC is the general partnership firm that will construct and operate the pilot wind farm.\u00a0 The partnership includes Maine Prime Technologies, a subsidiary of UMaine; Brewer-based Cianbro Corporation, a national construction firm; and Nova Scotia-based Emera Inc., an experienced energy developer.<\/p>\n

Additionally, there is a long list of contributors to the project, including:\u00a0 the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, which will perform environmental data collection; Maine Maritime Academy; and the Maine Ocean and Wind Industry Initiative.\u00a0 Each offers its own expertise to what is hoped to be a solution to Maine\u2019s energy needs far into the future…<\/p>\n

\"CFN_3_14cover\"…read the rest of this story and much, much more in the\u00a0March issue of Commercial Fisheries News.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Read online\u00a0immediately and download for future reference.<\/p>\n

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ORONO, ME \u2013 In February, the Maine Aqua Ventus I (MAV-I) team submitted its proposal for a demonstration-scale offshore wind farm to the US Department of Energy (DOE) in the second qualifying round for $46.5 million in funding. If successful, the grant will go towards designing, deploying, and monitoring two six-megawatt wind turbines at the … <\/p>\n

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