Working Group Recommendations

Over the past year, the four Working Groups of the Maine’s Offshore Wind Roadmap process have produced 77 draft recommendations for responsibly advancing an offshore wind industry in Maine. These Working Groups focused on Energy Markets and Strategies, Fisheries, Environment and Wildlife, and Supply Chain, Ports, Workforce, and Marine Transportation. Find our more about these working groups and their members here.

The Working Group recommendations are now being reviewed by the Roadmap Advisory Committee to form the outline and conclusions of the Roadmap. A working draft of the Roadmap is expected to be available later this year, with the final roadmap expected to be released in early 2023.

For updates on this process, timeline, and opportunities for feedback, please visit maineoffshorewind.org and sign up for our email list. Use the links below to read the Working Group recommendations.

WORKING GROUPS

Energy Markets and Strategies

The working group is helping to develop components of the Roadmap related to renewable energy targets, energy market and trend analysis, strategies to bring down costs, interconnection and transmission choices and related R&D.

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A pair of Razorbill birds on a rock on Machias Seal Island

Environment and Wildlife

The working group is identifying best practices, data gaps, and research needs to avoid, minimize or mitigate impacts of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine (e.g. birds, bats, marine mammals, other protected species) and address broad environmental impacts to habitat.

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Supply Chain, Workforce Development, Ports, and Marine Transportation

The working group is developing a series of strategies to support economic growth and job opportunities for Maine from wind development locally, regionally and globally.

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Wind turbine parts being off loaded from a ship in Portland

Fisheries

The working group is providing recommendations on ways to avoid, minimize and better understand potential impacts on fisheries, aquaculture and marine resources from future wind development in the Gulf of Maine, as well as opportunities to improve communication and engagement.

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