New England Aqua Ventus – The Portland Press Herald

The costs of offshore wind power for Maine electricity customers? Too soon to say

But an improving supply chain in the U.S. might help lower costs over time.

There’s growing debate about when or if a planned test turbine, which would float near Monhegan Island, will ever hit the water.

Today’s wind power turbines are far larger than anyone imagined 15 years ago. Turbine blades could be nearly 400 feet long.

New legislation would require the Public Utilities Commission to procure enough electricity from offshore wind farms to power 980,000 homes.