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General Event Information:
The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s launch of VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine to be deployed off the coast of North America, will be held at Cianbro, 517 South Main Street, Brewer, Maine on May 31, 2013. This event begins at 11 am and lasts until 1 PM.
The VolturnUS technology is the culmination of over five years of collaborative R&D conducted by the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium. The DeepCwind Consortium Research Program is a unique public-private partnership funded by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation-Partnerships for Innovation, the Maine Technology Institute, the State of Maine, the University of Maine, and over 30 industrial partners. Data acquired during the 2013 deployments off Castine, Maine, will be used to optimize the design of UMaine’s patent-pending VolturnUS floating wind turbine system. The program goal is to reduce the cost of offshore wind to 10 cents/kWh by 2020, in order to compete with other forms of electricity generation without subsidies. This launch celebrates an important milestone in the development of a cost-effective, job-creating, innovative U.S. offshore wind technology.
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To download the draft agenda for May 31st, please click here. (PDF, 268 KB)
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Press Information:
To download a press release for the VolturnUS launch, please click here (PDF, 197 KB).
Please contact Elizabeth Viselli to request a press pass (contact information follows).
Press Kit:
To download our full press kit for the VolturnUS launch, please click here. This press kit includes the press release, photos of the VolturnUS 1:8, and photos of the May 31st launch celebration*.
*Photos of the launch celebration will be available in this press kit after 2 PM, May 31st, 2013.
Press contact:
Elizabeth Viselli, Manager, Offshore Wind Programs and Global Communications
Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine
Email: elizabeth.viselli (at) umit.maine.edu
Mobile: (207) 907-6962