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Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine Aug 2019

Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

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The Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center is a unique facility equipped with a high-performance rotatable wind machine over a multidirectional wave basin. The facility will accurately simulate towing tests, variable water depths, and scaled wind and wave conditions that represent some of the worst storms possible anywhere on Earth.


Offshore Wind In Maine, Aqua Ventus Maine, University Of Maine Jan 2018

Offshore Wind In Maine, Aqua Ventus Maine, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

80% of U.S. electricity demands are located in coastal states, and the total U.S. offshore wind energy potential is more than twice what the entire country currently uses. Nearly 80% of the U.S. offshore wind resource is located in deepwater, which can be cost effectively harnessed using the University of Maine’s VolturnUS.