Showing The Nation What Clean Energy Is All About

Floor Speech

Showing The Nation What Clean Energy Is All About

Ms. PINGREE of Maine. Mr. Speaker, this beautiful picture is of the Kibby Mountain Wind Project, which went online last week and became the largest wind power development in Maine's growing wind energy industry. This is just one example of how Maine is becoming a leader in wind energy.

Also last week, the Obama administration selected Maine to become the home for a national deepwater offshore wind research center. Our State has committed to building 3 gigawatts of land-based wind power and 5 gigawatts of offshore wind power in the Gulf of Maine, developing new technology and creating new jobs in the process.

All across Maine, small and large wind power developments are popping up. This summer, I watched along with my friends and neighbors as three turbines have gone up in our island community, a project that will make my town energy independent and save us money over the long run.

Maine is showing the Nation what clean energy is all about. We can create homegrown solutions to our energy problems, freeing us from our dependence on foreign oil, making us self-sufficient, and creating good-paying jobs that can't be exported.

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