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Kingfish, Maine Plywood, Tanbark among grant recipients for electrical upgrades
Laurie Schreiber February 14, 2024Kingfish Maine, Tanbark Molded Fiber Products, Maine Plywood USA, Five Pillars Butchery, Heiwa Tofu and the Holy Donut will receive public funding to pay for upgrades to electrical infrastructure.
Laurie Schreiber February 14, 2024
Researchers will look into co-existence of offshore wind power, fisheries off Maine coast
Laurie Schreiber February 14, 2024Researchers will explore how fisheries might coexist with floating offshore wind turbines, and will create a baseline inventory of data about Maine's fishing community.
Laurie Schreiber February 14, 2024
$54M targeted to coastal storm resilience and rebuilding in Maine
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 12, 2024A $50 million proposal would help communities rebuild infrastructure and enhance climate resiliency; $4.4 million is available to increase electrical grid resilience to extreme storms.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 12, 2024
Acadia’ planned $32.6M maintenance building will now include solar power, EV chargers
Laurie Schreiber February 9, 2024The project will remove an inefficient 20,000-square-foot maintenance complex, four temporary trailers and 11 outbuildings, and construct a new LEED Silver facility.
Laurie Schreiber February 9, 2024
Portland-based Competitive Energy Services promotes VP to chief strategy officer
Alexis Wells January 31, 2024Competitive Energy Services, an energy management services firm with offices in Portland and Topsfield, Mass., has promoted Eben Perkins to chief strategy officer.
Alexis Wells January 31, 2024
Maine gets $15M to add hundreds of EV chargers across the state
Renee Cordes January 12, 2024The money, from the U.S. Department of Transportation, will be used to install charging ports in 63 cities and towns.
Renee Cordes January 12, 2024PUC pulls the plug on Aroostook County clean power project
William Hall December 22, 2023The New York contractor chosen to build a 160-mile transmission line for the project wanted to change its pricing, prompting the Public Utilities Commission to instead terminate the deal.
William Hall December 22, 2023
CMP, Versant report many customers have lights back on, but work continues
Peter Van Allen December 22, 2023After the Dec. 18 storm knocked out power to some half a million Maine customers, by Friday the power companies were addressing the last outages. Restaurants pitched in to provide 5,600 lunches for utility crews.
Peter Van Allen December 22, 2023
CMP announces another rate cut for 2024
Renee Cordes December 15, 2023In addition to a cut in the utility's standard-offer supply rate, announced two weeks ago, residential customers will see the delivery portion of their electricity bill go down by 4% in the new year, the company said.
Renee Cordes December 15, 2023
State balks at IRS plan to tax Mainers on $450 energy relief checks
Alexis Wells December 14, 2023Kirsten Figueroa, commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, sent a letter to the IRS asking it to stand by its original guidance and not federally tax the $450 relief payments.
Alexis Wells December 14, 2023Roux Institute, CEI, growth council get $1.3M to advance clean energy tech
Alexis Wells Updated: December 6, 2023The Governor’s Energy Office has awarded $1.3 million in grant awards to three organizations to support the development of innovative clean energy businesses in Maine.
Alexis Wells Updated: December 6, 2023
Maine makes progress toward climate change goals
Alexis Wells December 4, 2023Heat pump installation is one of the state climate plan’s most significant milestones. Over 115,000 new high-efficiency heat pumps have been installed in Maine, surpassing the climate plan’s 2025 goal of 100,000 new heat pumps two years early.
Alexis Wells December 4, 2023
Many Mainers will save money on their electricity bills next year
William Hall December 1, 2023The cost of generating electricity has gotten cheaper, and that change has been reflected in the default supply price for power, the Public Utilities Commission said.
William Hall December 1, 2023
Financial support for electricity bills made available to Maine residents this winter
Alexis Wells November 28, 2023The Maine Public Utilities Commission's Low-Income Assistance Program is partnering to encourage eligible Maine residents to apply for financial assistance with their electricity bills this winter.
Alexis Wells November 28, 2023
Maine to spend $400K on studying how offshore wind power might affect fisheries
Laurie Schreiber Updated: November 15, 2023A request for proposals, issued Nov. 8, is based on priorities identified by the Maine Offshore Wind Research Consortium, an assembly of fisheries, wildlife and marine science and industry experts advising the state’s offshore wind research.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: November 15, 2023
College of the Atlantic, Colby snag top two spots on ‘green colleges’ list
Laurie Schreiber November 14, 2023High-efficiency envelopes, heat-recovery ventilation, mass-timber construction, wood-fiber insulation and solar arrays are among steps colleges are implementing to reduce their carbon footprint.
Laurie Schreiber November 14, 2023
Today's Poll
Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank
With the official end of summer this past weekend, we're taking a look back at how the season unfolded.
Back in early August, we asked how the summer tourism season was going — and at the time, the majority of respondents told us it could be better. And remember, the season started very rainy and ended amid a drought.
Now that the season has wrapped up, we're checking in again to see how things ended. Did things improve? Did tourism pick up later in the summer, or did the season fall short of expectations?
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Groundbreaking Maine
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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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