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Two of the sites, encompassing nearly 254,000 acres, are off the Maine coast. The remaining six are located off Massachusetts.
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This story was reported in collaboration with Science Friday and WCAI. Read the original reporting on Science Friday's website.
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Offshore wind developers have submitted detailed bids for new contracts in the first regional selection process involving Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
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Offshore wind developments and critically endangered right whales are sharing the same waters off our coast, which has raised the question: how safely can they coexist? CAI’s Eve Zuckoff has spent the last few months talking to scientists and cutting through misinformation.
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Under an agreement last year, the three southern New England states solicited bids simultaneously, encouraging wind developers to create economies of scale across the region.
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Fishermen have 90 days to show they’ve historically used the lease area and a third party administrator — with the help of fishing representatives — will decide how to divide up a $19.1 million pot through the Fisheries Compensatory Mitigation Program to Massachusetts fishermen.
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In a first for Massachusetts, the offshore wind farm is now generating 68 megawatts, enough to power 30,000 homes. On Thursday the Sierra Club hosted a celebration in Hyannis and encouraged supporters to keep advocating for offshore wind.
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Opponents of placing an offshore wind port on Sears Island in Searsport met Wednesday in Belfast to protest the announcement.
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Gov. Janet Mills said, based on input from port and offshore wind stakeholders, including the University of Maine and on technical and engineering analyses, the state has concluded that the Sears Island parcel is the most feasible port development site. It's expected to be 100 acres of development in total.
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One of Vineyard Wind’s two parent companies, Avangrid, tells CAI the project is planning some kind of announcement very soon.