{"id":1165888,"date":"2023-07-28T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1165888"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T19:20:00","slug":"maine-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-boost-offshore-wind-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1165888","title":{"rendered":"Maine Lawmakers Approve Bill to Boost Offshore Wind Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maine moved a step closer to becoming the East Coast&#8217;s first floating offshore wind location after lawmakers approved a bill paving the way for deep-water development. From a report: The bill, approved Wednesday, includes pathways for utility companies to purchase wind power and for developers to build port infrastructure using local workers, a detail that prompted Governor Janet Mills&#8217; veto last month. She is expected to sign the bill in the coming days. The state has a goal to install 3 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2040, bringing Maine closer to its goal of powering its grid with 100% renewable energy by that year. The bill would help Maine contribute to the Biden administration&#8217;s target of deploying 15 gigawatts of floating offshore wind by 2035.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Maine+Lawmakers+Approve+Bill+to+Boost+Offshore+Wind+Development%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F07%2F28%2F121236%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/twitter_icon_large-1026.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F23%2F07%2F28%2F121236%2Fmaine-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-boost-offshore-wind-development%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/facebook_icon_large-510.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/07\/28\/121236\/maine-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-boost-offshore-wind-development?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Slashdot &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/07\/28\/121236\/maine-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-boost-offshore-wind-development?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine Lawmakers Approve Bill to Boost Offshore Wind Development<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine moved a step closer to becoming the East Coast&#8217;s first floating offshore wind location after lawmakers approved a bill paving the way for deep-water development. From a report: The bill, approved Wednesday, includes pathways for utility companies to purchase &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1165888\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1165889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,110],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-1165888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slashdot","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-slashdot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1165888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1165889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}