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Gov. Mills Announces Intent to Expand Floating Offshore Wind in Maine

To solidify Maine’s leadership in floating offshore wind energy and collaborate with Maine’s fisheries on the industry’s development, Gov. Janet Mills announced plans to create the country’s first floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine. With some of the highest sustained wind speeds in the world, the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Maine has great potential for generating clean energy and economic opportunity for Maine, as offshore wind investment in the U.S. is estimated to top $70 billion through 2030.

Ørsted, U.S. Trade Unions Enter Pact to Grow Offshore Wind Workforce

Ørsted, the Danish renewable energy group, and the North America's Building Trades Unions have entered into a pact to train an offshore wind construction workforce as the firm eyes construction of a series of wind farm projects up and down the East Coast. The partnership will create a national agreement designed to transition U.S. union construction workers into the offshore wind industry in collaboration with the leadership of the 14 U.S. NABTU affiliates and the AFL-CIO.

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GE Renewable Energy selected by European Energy to supply three wind farms in Lithuania

GE Renewable Energy has been selected by European Energy to supply 22 Cypress onshore wind turbines units for three wind farms in Lithuania, with a total capacity of 121 MW. GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been selected by European Energy as the supplier for three windfarms in Lithuania, located about 80 kilometres North of the capital Vilnius.