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The University of Maine has been awarded $12.4 million in federal stimulus funds to build and test offshore wind materials and technologies.
The school’s AEWC Advanced Structure and Composites Center will be the location of initial tests of materials, including nanocomposites derived from wood, before deep water demonstrations. The goal is to produce a material stronger and less corrosive than the steel traditionally used in offshore turbines.
“The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been central to our vision of increasing manufacturing and technology jobs here in Maine, promoting renewable energy production, and growing the economy and jobs in the State,” said Gov. John Baldacci in a statement.
UMaine will use a site off of Mohegan Island for testing of the materials and hopes to have its first demonstration turbine constructed by 2011.
The grant is the second offshore wind-related funding from the U.S. Energy Department using stimulus funding. Last October, the state received $8 million to develop offshore wind, including a 25 megawatt floating wind farm over the next 10 years.
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