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Published
June 3, 2024

Electric grid operators ordered to brace for surging demand and storm threats

New England has already begun looking at how the regional grid can adapt to change.
Published
May 22, 2024

Buxton company is first in Maine to offer ‘renewable propane’ for home heating

Waltz & Sons Propane is looking to establish a market for the alternative fuel – which can be used in all propane applications without modifying appliances – even if it starts as a money-loser.
Published
March 15, 2024

Across the U.S., batteries and green energies like wind and solar combine for major climate solution

In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not.
Published
June 27, 2023

Commentary: Want to fight inflation? Try using clean, efficient renewable power

From upgrading appliances to evaluating different means of ‘going solar,’ Mainers can secure more affordable energy at more predictable rates.
Published
February 15, 2023

Rising power costs help fuel Gov. Mills’ plan to speed transition to renewable electricity

During an address on Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills announced plans to submit a bill requiring 100% of the electricity consumed in Maine to come from renewable energy sources by 2040 – a decade sooner than previously planned.

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Published
December 18, 2022

Our View: Transmission lines are key to our clean-energy future

The transition to renewable power is no longer held back by technology but by supply chain problems, labor problems – and opposition to necessary projects.
Published
October 18, 2022

Commentary: More clean energy is coming to Maine. Where we put it matters.

The realities of climate change mean we must transition to renewables quickly – that doesn’t mean we can’t do it thoughtfully.
Published
August 15, 2022

Commercial solar industry on track to spend $540 million in Maine by 2027, study shows

But critics say the conclusions of the report by a renewable energy trade group ignore the potential impact development subsidies will have on electric rates.
Published
July 6, 2022

State law sparks energy savings in Brunswick and Topsham

Nearly 8,000 Central Maine Power customers can expect $8.5 million in savings thanks to 'nonwire' upgrades required by a 2019 law.
Published
June 19, 2022

New England fuel dealers plot their future in a rapidly electrifying world

As more mandates and incentives are rolled out to fight climate change, a strategy emerges to cast doubt on electrification while talking up renewable liquid fuels.