What are the key floating wind co-existence, environmental, outreach and permitting challenges on the East Coast? The West Coast? What are the fishing concerns and what new solutions are available? What are the mooring systems solutions to reduce fisheries impact in shallow and deepwater?
Moderator: Prof. Damian Brady, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
Panelists:
Permitting in the GOM – Jeffrey Thaler, Professor of Practice, University of Maine School of Law
Birds and bats – Wing Goodale, Senior Deputy Dir, Biodiversity Research Institute
Lobster fisheries solutions – Genevieve McDonald, Maine State Representative, Commercial Fisherman
Hywind Scotland Perspective – Julia Lewis, Permitting and Marine Affairs, Offshore Wind, Equinor