Department of Energy officials in Maine to mark a successful yearlong deployment of UMaine’s VolturnUS floating wind turbine and to sign the next $3.97 million cooperative research agreement to continue design efforts

The US Department of Energy is partnering with the University over the next year to complete the design of the full-size turbine, through a $3.97 Million agreement, of which $3 million is funding from DOE and $970,000 in cost share, which was signed on Sept. 5, 2014. Left to right: UMaine read more Department of Energy officials in Maine to mark a successful yearlong deployment of UMaine’s VolturnUS floating wind turbine and to sign the next $3.97 million cooperative research agreement to continue design efforts