The
company’s
subsidiary,
Statoil
North
America
,
earlier
submitted
terms
for
a
potential
long-term
contract
to
sell
power
to
rate-regulated
utilities
on
the
mainland
to
the
Maine
Public
Utilities
Commission
(PUC)
for
approval.
It
was
not
immediately
clear
when
PUC
will
schedule
hearings.
The
oil
and
gas
giant
successfully
tested
the
Hywind
concept
off
Norway’s
coast
with
a
2.3MW
Siemens
wind
turbine
mounted
on
a
ballasted
steel
jacket
called
a
“spar
buoy”
that
stretches
about
100-metres
below
the
sea
surface.
The
four-turbine,
12MW
pilot
project
is
the
next
step…
