Maine | Offshore Wind Roadmap
Objective A Pursue Offshore Wind Supply Chain, Infrastructure, and Workforce Investments to Support Economic Growth and Resiliency
• Participating in BOEM’s Gulf of Maine Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force
• Supporting the Maine Supply Chain Connect Registry linked to the national registry at the Business Network for Offshore Wind (Maine is a member)
• Coordinating with the Maine International Trade Center to offer preparatory training and marketing in 2023 for Maine businesses interested or working in the offshore wind sector
• Awarding grants through the Clean Energy Partnership Program to two workforce training projects lead by the University of Maine and the Local Ironworkers 7
• Using Roadmap Working Group recommendations to help inform State comments to the BOEM Request for Interest in the Gulf of Maine
Participating in the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership on supply chain development, workforce training, transmission and interconnection, port capacity and other priorities
• Participating in a regional clean hydrogen hub proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy with five other states (NY, NJ, CT, RI, MA) and other public and private partners
