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With climate plans underway, Maine companies turn focus to supply chains
Updated: October 2, 2020Unum, Hannaford, Sugarloaf and Jackson Lab have been stepping up carbon emission reduction strategies. Emissions produced by their suppliers are also increasingly on the docket.
Updated: October 2, 2020
Struggling Hampden waste-to-energy plant could be running by early 2021
October 1, 2020The Coastal Resources plant, built by innovative waste-to-energy company Fiberight and the Municipal Review Committee, closed in May, but three potential buyers have made proposals that could have it up and running for 115 member municipalities by
October 1, 2020
Lewiston electrical contractor has new owners — its 70 employees
October 1, 2020DeBlois Electric began as a family business in 1967 and has been operated recently by two sons of the founders. Now the company has dozens of worker-owners.
October 1, 2020
Next: Kay Aikin, energy innovator and entrepreneur, is transforming the power grid
Updated: October 5, 2020From Maine to West Africa, the CEO of Introspective Systems and her team are applying artificial intelligence to help energy systems focus on the people who use them.
Updated: October 5, 2020
Vermont solar company making Maine inroads with $2.4M contract
September 30, 2020The Peck Co. went public last year with an aim to expand into other markets, including Maine. Now the company is about to begin its first solar project in the state.
September 30, 2020
Maine economist: Businesses must lead in carbon-reduction efforts
September 25, 2020Mitigation is cheaper than adaptation, says Charles Colgan, adding, “There’s not enough money to adapt our country and our infrastructure and our society to the level of threat that we face from climate change.”
September 25, 2020
PUC approves record 17 renewable energy projects with millions in promised benefits
September 23, 2020Solar projects accounted for all but three of the projects in the largest-ever renewable energy procurement in the state's history and, according to Gov. Janet Mills, "establishes Maine as a national clean energy leader."
September 23, 2020
6 ways new climate plan could change Portland-area development
Updated: September 22, 2020A 300-page draft report suggests ways to transform energy use in Portland and South Portland, alter how buildings and neighborhoods are developed and more. But the plan has to be approved by the city councils before policies start to change.
Updated: September 22, 2020
Saddleback developers say proposed solar is key to resort's sustainability
September 18, 2020With a $7 million high-speed quad chairlift being built, and enhanced snowmaking, the new owners of the ski area say solar generation will offset high energy costs and help make the mountain economically viable.
September 18, 202010 Maine solar farm sites to be sold to Massachusetts company
September 16, 2020Nexamp Inc. plans to build solar generation capacity of 50 megawatts at the sites, and ultimately to market renewably sourced electricity to residential customers of Central Maine Power and Versant Power.
September 16, 2020
Ellsworth group hopes to position city as 'model green community' for next decade
September 16, 2020A 10-year plan is in the works to guide an approach to growth that is sustainable and environmentally informed.
September 16, 2020After six-month freeze, Maine utilities can soon once again disconnect customers
September 16, 2020The companies can resume normal disconnection procedures starting Nov. 1, the Maine Public Utilities Commission ordered. The moratorium on disconnections has been in place since March as a response to the pandemic.
September 16, 2020
PUC seeks bids to supply standard-offer electricity service
September 14, 2020The new standard-offer prices that result from the RFP process will be announced later this year, and the one-year term of the contract begins Jan. 1.
September 14, 2020
Maine Climate Council hopes to deliver state's 'action plan' by Dec. 1
September 9, 2020The council, formed last year, is looking for ways for the state to mitigate and adapt to climate change in an equitable way that will also help boost the state's economy.
September 9, 2020
Dam upgrade brings Cobbosseecontee watershed closer to commercial fishing
September 8, 2020The Cobbosseecontee watershed is the second-biggest in the state that is closed to fish migration, and officials say once opened, more than 3 million alewives, as well as elvers, may migrate there, enough to support commercial fishing.
September 8, 2020
CMP launches electric vehicle charger pilot, with incentives
September 2, 2020Central Maine Power, the state's largest electric utility, will offer up to $4,000 in incentives toward the cost of the charging infrastructure. Applicants must install a minimum of four “plugs.”
September 2, 2020
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