A 375-ton concrete base of a floating wind turbine prototype will be towed from Trenton to Searsport in the next few weeks.
By the end of next month, University of Maine officials said they expect construction of the turbine to be complete and it to be moved again to a test site off Castine.
The development project, which has been championed by state officials since the late 2000s, is proceeding despite opposition to wind power development by President Donald Trump, who after taking office in January halted leasing and permitting for wind energy projects.
Just last week, a tech firm involved in negotiations to help develop an offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine cited “recent shifts in the energy landscape that have in particular caused uncertainty in the offshore wind industry” in requesting those negotiations be put on hold, the Maine Public Utilities Commission announced.
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