Gov. Janet Mills and a handful of state officials are headed back to Maine after a trip to Scandinavia to discuss the growth of offshore wind with government and industry officials in Norway and Denmark.

Following two days in Norway, Mills and a team of state officials traveled to Denmark on Wednesday, meeting with the Danish Parliament’s Climate, Energy and Utilities Committee to discuss technical details relating to offshore wind production and Denmark’s energy goals, according to a statement from the governor’s office Friday afternoon.

Mills later met with Alan Leventhal, the United States ambassador to Denmark, emphasizing Maine’s efforts to attract investment and spark increased collaboration with other countries, and highlighting its “emerging role as a leader in floating offshore wind energy,” the statement said.

Last month, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it would auction off wind leases for eight sites in the Gulf of Maine. That auction is slated for Oct. 29.

Mills called the trip “productive and informative,” and said it offered her team the chance to meet with government and industry leaders who are “deeply interested in investing” in Maine’s offshore wind development.

“I look forward to using the information and relationships we’ve gained in Norway and Denmark to help our state responsibly harness the tremendous environmental and economic opportunities offered by offshore wind,” Mills said in a statement.

Earlier this year, the state selected Sears Island in Penobscot Bay as its preferred site for the development and assembly of turbines and other components destined for shipment to the gulf.

The Maine delegation also included Dan Burgess, director of the Governor’s Energy Office; Hannah Pingree, director of the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future; and Wade Merritt, president of the Maine International Trade Center.

On Thursday afternoon, Mills toured Esbjerg, Denmark’s largest port and the largest offshore wind port in the world, Mills’ office said. There, she and the delegation also heard from local leaders about how the port has worked to protect the country’s fishing industry.

The trip concluded Friday with a visit to Give, where the delegation met with a manufacturer to discuss supply chain logistics for offshore wind components.