Whichaway will be the Monhegan floating windmills?

[Ron Huber]

Off which side of Monhegan will the windfarm towers appear?

[Scott]

It looks like they will be located a couple miles southeast of Monhegan. I'm sure grant money will flow; it would be nice to see a cable run to Monhegan's generator to perhaps provide free if not cheap power to those folks during this trial. Especially since they may have some reduced fishing/lobstering and tourist views.

Cheers!

Scott

[Ron Huber]

Here is a pdf of the Dept of Conservation's map
http://tinyurl.com/yed7l5l Peter, do you have a photo of that view? Sort of a historical "before" photograph?

[Ron Huber]

Island institute has a new story online on http://tinyurl.com/yzyjnkx%20%20the%20University%20of%20Maine's%20plans%20for%20waters%20south%20of%20Monhegan The University seeks to install one 100-kilowatt turbine and one 10-killowatt turbine within the 2.1 mile by 1.1 mile rectangular special windmill zone , one edge of which is "less than two miles south of Monhegan's Lobster Cove," the paper reports.

[dls]

I have seen two maps of the two proposed sites (off Monhegan and also off Damariscove ) one which had the site placed between Boothbay Harbor and Monhegan. I'm supposing the one you published here is the final site?

[dls]

I never was any good at reading maps...I think that places it toward Boothbay Harbor, yes?

[Ron Huber]

The state's maps of the three selected offshore windmill areas - small pdf files:
* Monhegan
* Boon Island
* Damariscove Island
* [url=http://tinyurl.com/yekjr5s] State coastwide map of all locations.

Note Red spot for Damariscove Island location is missing or really tiny.[/url]

[Douglas Wray]

Sadly, none of the above links work for me (darn it!). Anyone have updated links? Have the sites moved or do tinyurls have a finite shelf-life?

[M Morgan]

Try this link:
The Free Press
Monhegan Site Chosen as U Maine's Offshore Wind Research Facility

http://freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=52&SubSectionID=78&ArticleID=4348

[Ron Huber]

Sadly, none of the above links work for me (darn it!). Anyone have updated links? Have the sites moved or do tinyurls have a finite shelf-life?

The state changed its urls - likely to reflect that these are now the official final test site selections, and no longer candidates. These should work:

Monhegan Test site

Damariscove Test site

Boon Island Test site

All Test and Candidate sites

[laburtons]

The Monhegan wind site is a project associated with the University Of Maine - Orono's Engineering group. UMO has also been the principle partner in maintaining the GOMOOS weather obervation buoy that is in that same area. I helped initially place that buoy in the 2001-2002 time frame and, as such, there is excellent on-site historical weather information that can be used in the wind turbine/structure design.

[Ron Huber]

That would be the Central Maine Shelf buoy?

The Monhegan wind site is a project associated with the University Of Maine - Orono's Engineering group. UMO has also been the principle partner in maintaining the GOMOOS weather obervation buoy that is in that same area. I helped initially place that buoy in the 2001-2002 time frame and, as such, there is excellent on-site historical weather information that can be used in the wind turbine/structure design.

[laburtons]

Yes, that is the GoMOOS "E" buoy or otherwise known as the Central Shelf.