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Energy & Utilities

  • 13 Maine businesses net federal energy funds

    August 10, 2015

    Wilbur's of Maine Chocolate Confections of Freeport and 12 other Maine businesses are receiving a total of nearly $120,000 in federal funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

    August 10, 2015

  • 1,100-panel solar farm eyed for Rockland

    August 4, 2015

    ReVision Energy is expressing interest in installing a solar farm in Rockland with up to 1,100 solar panels that could produce more than 400,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually for up to nine shareholders.

    August 4, 2015

  • Final EPA Clean Power Plan gets mixed reviews; Maine ahead in meeting goals

    Lori Valigra August 4, 2015

    President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on Monday released the final Clean Power Plan to mixed reviews Monday.

    Lori Valigra August 4, 2015

  • Brunswick Landing to benefit from $10M ‘anaerobic digester’

    July 27, 2015

    Construction is underway at Brunswick Landing for a $10 million facility that converts biological waste into a kind of biogas that's used to generate electricity.

    July 27, 2015

  • Proposed solar farm would be state’s largest

    July 22, 2015

    Yarmouth-based Ranger Solar is considering to build what would become Maine's largest solar energy farm in Winslow, but it needs the town to create new rules before moving forward.

    July 22, 2015

  • Summit finds 256 faulty connections in Waterville area

    July 20, 2015

    Summit Natural Gas of Maine has found that about two-thirds of its natural gas connections installed in the Waterville area last year were improperly installed.

    July 20, 2015

  • PUC staff says no to CMP land buy

    July 15, 2015

    Maine Public Utilities Commission staff have recommended against Central Maine Power Co.'s request to negotiate a land deal on behalf of a sister company that develops wind farms.

    July 15, 2015

  • Irving: No more Maine crude oil shipments

    July 15, 2015

    Irving Oil is no longer shipping crude oil on railroads through Maine, though the Canadian company says the decision is not related to the 2013 Lac-Megantic rail disaster.

    July 15, 2015

  • LePage OKs bill that backtracks wind law

    July 2, 2015

    Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill into law that reverses a portion of a law that helps developers fast-track the permitting process for wind projects in some rural areas.

    July 2, 2015

  • Legislature and LePage agree: Rural residents given right to question wind turbines

    Naomi Schalit, Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting July 2, 2015

    After several years of trying, a group of citizens from the state's rural Unorganized Territories (UT) have won their fight to pass legislation that could give them greater say in the siting of large, industrial wind turbines in their communities.

    Naomi Schalit, Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting July 2, 2015

  • Lawmakers OK bill that could boost solar generation

    July 1, 2015

    Maine lawmakers have passed a bill into law that could lead to a new way to reimburse businesses and homeowners who generate their own electricity with solar and other power sources.

    July 1, 2015

  • Greenlight Maine picks 26 semifinalists to vie for $100,000 prize in entrepreneur contest

    June 29, 2015

    “Greenlight Maine,” an upcoming weekly TV show in which Maine entrepreneurs can vie to win a minimum prize of $100,000, said it has selected the 26 semifinalists to compete in the Greenlight Maine weekly TV show that will air statewide this fall.

    June 29, 2015

  • Feds award $120K to 13 Maine clean energy projects

    June 29, 2015

    USDA Rural Development is awarding nearly $120,000 to 13 Maine businesses for clean energy projects that include solar power systems, variable-frequency ventilation fans and geothermal heat pumps.

    June 29, 2015

  • Multi-million-dollar pipeline fight likely heading to court

    June 29, 2015

    A U.S. District Court judge in Bangor has rejected a motion for summary judgment in the court case involving claims between Summit Natural Gas of Maine Inc. and Schmid Pipeline Construction Inc., setting the stage for the legal dispute to proceed in

    June 29, 2015

  • Lawmakers override LePage veto of Efficiency Maine funding bill

    June 25, 2015

    Both chambers of the Legislature on Tuesday unanimously overrode Gov.

    June 25, 2015

  • Legislators OK fix for Efficiency Maine funding

    June 12, 2015

    The Maine Senate and House of Representatives have approved a bill that would restore $38 million in state funding for the Efficiency Maine program.

    June 12, 2015

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What’s your go-to beach read?
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Summer in New England – or anywhere else for that matter – is an ideal time for pleasure reading, and tastes can vary widely as we recently wrote about in a seasonal feature story.

With Maine's abundance of independent bookstores, including a new vendor on wheels making the rounds in the midcoast region, we're keen to know what you're paging through.

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