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Op-Ed: US solar industry is under attack, raising Maine’s already high energy costs
Phil Coupe, ReVision Energy Updated: July 15, 2025At ReVision Energy, we have been wrestling with political attacks on our industry since the company was launched in 2003, Phil Coupe writes in this guest commentary piece.
Phil Coupe, ReVision Energy Updated: July 15, 2025
Maine developer of affordable, energy-efficient homes will ramp up
Laurie Schreiber June 30, 2025Mount Desert-based Zero Energy Homes hired an aerospace manufacturing specialist to lead development of affordable, energy-efficient homes and a modular-home manufacturing facility.
Laurie Schreiber June 30, 2025
Legislature passes bill for 100% clean electricity by 2040
Laurie Schreiber June 20, 2025The bill follows up on the state’s climate plan update to have 100% of electricity come from renewable sources by 2040.
Laurie Schreiber June 20, 2025
Texas-based solar company adds site in Bar Harbor
Renee Cordes Updated: June 18, 2025The Houston-based developer, EDP Renewables North America LLC, is owned by Spanish utility EDP Renováveis.
Renee Cordes Updated: June 18, 2025
CMP customers will see higher monthly bills starting July 1
Tina Fischer June 17, 2025A monthly increase for residential customers of nearly $5 reflects the utility's need to cover costs incurred by extreme storm cleanup and legislative mandates.
Tina Fischer June 17, 2025
Kennebunk's downtown Waterhouse Center to get a solar installation
Tina Fischer June 3, 2025Installation of 124 rooftop solar panels will be paid for, in part, with a state grant.
Tina Fischer June 3, 2025
Op-Ed: A budget proposal passed in the House threatens to undermine low-cost power for Mainers
Bob Cleaves, Dirigo Solar Updated: June 2, 2025The co-founder of Dirigo Solar weighs in on the federal house bill, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Bob Cleaves, Dirigo Solar Updated: June 2, 2025
Southern Maine firms team up on workboat designed with electric propulsion
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 29, 2025A workboat designed for electric propulsion performed successful sea trials. “This is about delivering zero-emission tools that meet the demands of working waterfronts.”
Laurie Schreiber Updated: May 29, 2025
Op-Ed: 'Big, beautiful bill’ endangers planned factory in Lewiston — and very future it claims to champion
Kay Aikin, Dynamic Grid Updated: May 26, 2025The sweeping domestic policy bill passed by the U.S. House last week endangers plans for a $6 million advanced battery plant in Lewiston that had been set to employ 70 people in three years.
Kay Aikin, Dynamic Grid Updated: May 26, 2025
166 Maine communities awarded $8M to strengthen climate resilience
Laurie Schreiber May 6, 2025Riverbank stabilization, battery backup power and heat pump installations are among the climate initiatives underway in the program’s largest grant round.
Laurie Schreiber May 6, 2025
Regulators approve Efficiency Maine’s growth plan, but federal policies cloud future
Laurie Schreiber May 1, 2025The chief impact of federal action that is already happening is the delay in the trust’s expansion of its loan program for energy upgrades to homes and businesses.
Laurie Schreiber May 1, 2025
Funding for UMaine’s wind energy research program suspended
Tina Fischer Updated: April 29, 2025Notice of a funding freeze by the Trump administration for alternative energy research at the university has brought an abrupt halt to an offshore wind turbine installation project that has been years in the making.
Tina Fischer Updated: April 29, 2025
Maine building trade unions urge Congress to protect federal energy tax credits
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 25, 2025Clean-energy projects over the past two years have created good-paying jobs, said union reps. Developers are pausing project starts as Congress debates federal investment.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 25, 2025
CMP crews upgrading Sanford-area transmission line
Renee Cordes Updated: April 21, 2025Central Maine Power expects to complete the upgrade by the end of 2025.
Renee Cordes Updated: April 21, 2025Future of Maine’s renewable energy projects uncertain, says E2Tech panel
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 14, 2025Clean energy investors expect to face higher costs than they did a year or two ago, partially as a side effect of the threat of tariffs.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: April 14, 2025
Maine Public Utilities Commission to investigate Versant Power
Tina Fischer April 9, 2025Versant Power is the state’s second-largest investor-owned electric transmission and distribution utility, and serves 165,000 customers in northern and central Maine.
Tina Fischer April 9, 2025
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Small Business Saturday, the annual tradition that encourages shoppers to support local, independent retailers and entrepreneurs, marked its 16th rendition on Nov. 29, with events held across the nation.
Founded by American Express in 2010, the yearly event has become an essential part of the holiday shopping season. The Small Business Administration became the official co-sponsor in 2011.
Last year, shoppers turned out in full force to support their local communities, generating an estimated $22 billion in spending at small retailers and restaurants.
The Giving Guide
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Work for ME
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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Groundbreaking Maine
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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The Giving Guide
The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
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Work for ME
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
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Groundbreaking Maine
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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