The federal government has mapped out where future offshore wind power turbines may be placed in the Gulf of Maine, and the 3.5 million-acre swath skirts critical lobstering and fishing grounds.

Invenergy NE Offshore Wind LLC -- which already has two leases off the California and New Jersey coasts -- put in a $4.8M bid for roughly 46 nautical miles from Maine and $5.8M for 117,780 acres ...

That company won one lease for 97,854 acres about 46.2 nautical miles from Maine for nearly $4.9 million, and another for 117,780 acres about 21.6 nautical miles from Massachusetts.

Invenergy NE Offshore Wind LLC, which has two wind leases off the coasts of California and New Jersey, bid $4.9 million for 97,854 acres about 46 nautical miles from Maine and $5.9 million for ...

The Gulf of Maine has been warming three and a half times faster than the global average for decades. This summer it's still warming, but not with the off-the-charts numbers seen in the rest of ...

Parts of the warming Gulf of Maine have become inhospitable for kelp forests, according to new research from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. Between 2001 and 2018, a ...

The Biden administration is taking steps to advance offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, setting the stage for potentially the first floating turbines deployed in US waters.