The University of Maine will work with a joint venture of Diamond Offshore Wind and RWE Renewables to develop the university's wind technology demonstration project, shown here in a rendering, about 2 ...

The University of Maine’s Volturnus offshore floating wind-turbine design has passed a two-year review by the American Bureau of Shipping, the university announced in a Sept. 14 statement. The bureau, ...

Maine State Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dana Connors told a U.S. Congressional committee that improved broadband could grow rural small business sales by more than $550 million and add more ...

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has completed the design review of the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) documentation for the VolturnUS, a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT), developed ...

VolturnUS is UMaine's patented floating concrete hull technology that has been awarded 43 patents in the U.S. and abroad. (University of Maine image) An effort to study the impacts of offshore wind in ...

The University of Maine (UMaine, Orono, Maine) reported on August 5 that it will collaborate with New England Aqua Ventus, LLC (NEAV), a joint venture between Diamond Offshore Wind (DOW) — a ...

With new technology, plans piling up on drawing boards, and mounting debates on how they’re built, wind energy projects may be emerging as one of the most dynamic renewable energy sectors. Recent ...

The Trump Administration has halted the University of Maine's $12.5 million research grant to build a floating offshore wind energy turbine platform just as a new 375-ton concrete prototype hull was ...