Strategic Initiative

Managing Carbon & Advancing Energy Solutions

Advancing nature-based solutions and energy innovation for a lower-carbon Gulf of Maine.

Blue carbon habitats and marine energy projects offer significant potential for the region, but realizing those benefits depends on getting the science and community engagement right. We’re working to ensure that natural carbon sequestration and energy transition projects deliver lasting value for ecosystems, economies, and the communities that depend on them.

By 2030, we aim to achieve:

  • Ecological monitoring informing 100% of the offshore wind research array area delivers best available science to energy transition and community engagement.

  • Quantify Gulf of Maine carbon sequestration potential, supporting at least 3 conservation, management, policy, or restoration efforts with measurable ecosystem health benefits.

  • Reduce energy use, operating costs, and emissions in at least 5 vessels and 10 waterfront properties through efficiency, electrification, and/or alternative fuel adoption.

Carbon & Energy Solutions Work

Through this initiative we're conducting collaborative research and building community partnerships to advance a lower-carbon future in the Gulf of Maine. We’re quantifying carbon sequestration potential, supporting decarbonization in the marine economy, and ensuring energy transition projects are grounded in science and community engagement. Explore our progress so far.

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