The city would pay $150,000 over six years to have the panels installed, and expects to save $3.2 million in energy costs over the life of the project.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Let’s be enlightened about solar energy
The sun offers us a renewable, environmentally friendly source of energy if we choose to harness it. I made that choice, largely because I wanted to reduce my carbon footprint. Now a special meter on our barn, where the solar panels are installed, keeps track of any unused energy that is sent back to “the […]
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
South Portland manager to negotiate solar power deal with ReVision
The Portland company would build a solar farm on the city’s capped former landfill to generate about 1.2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually for municipal and school use.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The humble Farmer: Before shifting to an electric car, ask someone who owns one
An electronic wizard friend says he drove 8,000 miles last year and used only 40 gallons of gas.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
South Portland moves ahead with solar proposal on former landfill
City officials have worked with counterparts in Portland to negotiate a favorable deal with ReVision Energy to build 660 kilowatt solar arrays atop each city’s capped landfill.
Posted inMaine
Committee endorses Portland’s solar power plans
A City Council committee votes 3-0 in favor of the plans to put a solar array on top of a former landfill on Ocean Avenue.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It’s time for Portland to assume a leadership role on solar energy
Our officials should forge ahead on a solar plan, starting with the Ocean Avenue landfill project.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Solar supporters urge Maine PUC to go slow on new rules
The Public Utilities Commission is expected to begin reviewing the credit system enjoyed by solar energy producers, since the Legislature failed to pass a major solar bill.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Big solar worked to kill Maine solar energy bill
Fearful that the bill would threaten their business model, national companies took steps that helped LePage and Republicans, at the expense of local solar installers and their Democratic allies.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Solar energy bill extinguished by lobbying based on false, misleading information
Behind closed doors and in debate, Republican Minority Leader Ken Fredette let the attack on the most significant solar energy measure Maine has ever seen.