LUBEC, Maine — The Coast Guard is holding a pair of meetings this week to hear from mariners about a tidal energy proposal in Cobscook Bay at Maine’s eastern tip.
Ocean Renewable Power Co. has proposed using five turbine generator units for its Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project. A permit for the pilot project is pending with federal regulators.
The Coast Guard’s hearings are planned for Monday in Lubec and Tuesday in Eastport. Both communities are near the proposed site between Goose Island and Seward Neck.
The Coast Guard wants to hear from draggers, trawlers and others whose activities could cause underwater entanglements. The Coast Guard may propose regulatory action to prohibit or restrict certain operations or implement special routes through the area.
Oh for god sake you out of state tree huggers, come to the meeting and stop this from happening. We don’t want any jobs in this area. No, we also don’t want anything in the water that might cause a 1/4 inch wave in the ocean. For gods sake stop everything in Eastport.
These projects are very important to the Eastport area and to the entire State.
It’s all crap… wind power gives false hopes to the believers and lines the pockets of the developers with taxpayers dollars… They put up windmills in this state then abandon them… How many people are employed in Mars Hills from the windmill’s today??? I would bet not one full time person maning marshill.. It produces 16th the power they claimed it would. See They make all the money upfront, they don’t care about the rest…
not true, why do you think some community college are offering wind power technology programs?
I’m totally suprised that the Save Passamaquoddy Bay bunch haven’t been all over this.