News on Maine

Monhegan's Maine Waters as Offshore Wind Test Site?

2010-11-29T14:47:46Z

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Solar Hot Water

2010-11-03T01:33:57Z

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Government Solar Energy Grants and Incentives for Private Homes

2010-10-10T19:16:02Z

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Places in Maine That Have Used Solar Power Successfully

2010-10-04T20:42:59Z

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When is Wind Energy Noise Pollution?

2010-09-11T15:57:07Z

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Where Did the Carter White House's Solar Panels Go?

2010-09-10T15:09:33Z

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Stabilisers will let deep-sea wind turbines stand tall

2010-11-02T13:10:56Z

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Carter, King clash over Maine wind project

2010-06-30T15:18:22Z

Carter, King clash over proposed 128 megawatt wind power project in Maine's Somerset County

A former Green Independent Party candidate for governor exchanged charges of greed and hypocrisy Wednesday with a former governor who's promoting a 128-megawatt wind power project in Somerset County.

Building 48 wind turbines in Highland Plantation would require bla...

Maine to Get US $20M for Offshore Wind

2010-11-02T12:31:44Z

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Are All the Best Spots Taken?

2010-10-27T09:01:54Z

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The Key Votes We Need to Pass the Climate Bill

2010-10-27T07:27:58Z

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Stringing Offshore Turbines for Uninterrupted Power

2010-10-27T07:27:53Z

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Wires Across the Water

2010-10-25T14:34:24Z

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String of offshore turbines along East Coast could provide steady supply of wind power

2010-10-25T12:59:58Z

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Maine high court upholds state wind farm law

2010-03-11T14:30:25Z

Maine high court upholds law aiming to speed up permit process for wind farms

Maine's highest court on Thursday upheld a state law that aims to hasten the permit process for wind farms in the state.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously rejected arguments from the Friends of Lincoln Lakes nonprofit group, which challenged the Department of Environmental Protection'...

Maine residents push back against wind power farms

2010-04-16T07:04:39Z

Maine wind power industry feels push back from residents concerned about noise, blocked views

As wind power expands in Maine, the industry is feeling a gust of push back from those who worry about the turbines' noise and impact on scenery and about whether too many towers are going up too fast.

"The wind industry has had a decade head start working behind the scenes, working below the radar and positioning itself to ...

Vestas Receives 99 MW Order for NH Wind Project

2010-10-27T06:47:30Z

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Hearing set for proposed Maine transmission line

2010-04-16T07:31:47Z

Proposed transmission line from western Maine wind farm before state utility regulators

Maine utility regulators will take public testimony on Central Maine Power Co.'s plan to build a transmission line from the Record Hill wind farm in western Maine to CMP's transmission grid.

The Public Utilities Commission's hearing will be on Tu...

Contractor's 100th windmill goes up in Maine

2010-04-16T08:21:32Z

Contractor's 100th windmill erected at Stetson II in Maine

The contractor that's erected windmills across Maine has reached a big milestone.

Reed &amp; Reed on Wednesday planned to put up its 100th windmill, weather cooperating. The turbine will go up at the Stetson II site, north of the Stetson Mountain wind farm that's already on line.

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Maine identifies 3 offshore wind-power test sites

2010-04-16T08:22:38Z

Maine IDs 3 offshore wind-power test sites that could supply energy of 100-plus nuclear plants

Officials on Tuesday identified locations of three offshore wind-power test sites that could unlock the door to huge reserves of energy equivalent to more than 100 nuclear plants in the nation's most oil-dependent state.

The sites will be near Boon Island off York in southern Maine, near Damariscove Island south of

Maine ocean wind demo sites to be identified

2010-06-25T19:21:15Z

Demonstration site or sites for Maine ocean wind power projects to be identified

Maine will take another step toward bolstering its wind power potential this week when a task force announces up to four final demonstration sites for projects off its coast.

"We've spent a lot of time in this process meeting with people who would be affected by these activities going up in this area of the ocean, primarily fishermen," s...

100% Wind-Powered Island off Maine Financed Using Electricity Co-op

2010-10-22T15:14:29Z

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100% Wind-Powered Island off Maine Leveraged Co-op Funding

2010-10-22T15:14:34Z

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Developer: Proposed wind farm site is too windy

2010-04-16T09:20:46Z

Wind-power company says western Maine site is too windy for proposed wind turbines

A wind-power company says a western Maine site it's been looking at is too windy for turbines. First Wind's Matthew Kearns told a public meeting in Rumford on Thursday that its proposed Longfellow wind f...

Renewable Energy Standards Advance in Four States

2010-10-26T20:11:19Z

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Yes Please in My Backyard

2010-10-26T21:25:31Z

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Blog: Green Light for Wind-Energy Project

2010-10-25T20:47:57Z

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Travel Trip Winter in Backcountry

2011-01-03T08:32:39Z

This Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 shows Donna Lawlor of the Brooklyn borough of New York as she snowshoes through the pine forests of Hancock County, Maine. The solitude, quiet and frozen cold of a winter la...

Travel Trip Backcountry in Winter

2011-01-03T08:32:37Z

This Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 photo shows Ron Adolf of Gorham, Maine, as he stands atop the Presidential Range in The White Mountains, N.H. The solitude, quiet and frozen cold of a winter landscape are great reasons to head outdoors in January and February. (AP Photo/Anton Gulovsen) NO SALES

Ski Lift Accident

2010-12-29T07:30:41Z

Sugarloaf mountain is seen on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010 in Carrabasset Valley, Maine, where a 35-year-old chair lift set for improvements failed in high winds at a Maine resort, sending skiers — some of them children — plummeting into ungroomed snow far below. At least eight people, the children among them, were taken to a hospital. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)

Economy

2010-12-28T08:01:28Z

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2010 file photo, Chris Palmer, of Topsham, Maine, has his arms full carrying his 10-month-old son, Jameson, and some last-minute Christmas gifts he bought at L.L. Bean, in Freepo...

Holiday Shopping

2010-12-22T12:00:41Z

Chris Palmer, of Topsham, Maine, has his arms full carrying his 10-month-old son, Jameson, and some last-minute Christmas gifts he bought at L.L. Bean, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, in Freeport, Maine. ...