Investors are preparing Eastport and Searsport to send chips to Europe to feed biomass generators there.
Tux Turkel
Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets.
When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat.
A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
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Small group of Monhegan residents renews fight against offshore turbines
Critics raise $40,000 and want the towers moved farther away, but others on the island have accepted the full-scale test project.
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Maine wind power and transmission projects lose out
Though two large-scale solar projects in Maine are selected, two CMP projects and several wind farms in rural parts of the state are rejected by a group of agencies and officials from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island seeking clean energy.
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Heating costs likely to rise moderately this winter in Maine
Prices will be higher and it’s expected to be colder than last year’s mild season, but there appear to be ample supplies of all fuel types.
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Arguments over homeowner solar take focus at Maine PUC hearing: Who pays?
A host of residents and installation companies testify against the agency’s proposal to phase out net metering, while utility company representatives and a LePage administration say it’s time to scale back the incentive.
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Crucial battle over solar panel incentives goes to Maine PUC
Many Maine jobs are at stake as a proposal to reduce the credits for power fed to the grid from home rooftops is debated at a hearing.
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New Hampshire town’s embrace of ATV tourism gets Millinocket’s attention
After the decline of papermaking, Berlin reinvents itself into a destination for motorsport enthusiasts.
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Katahdin region envisioned as ATV destination
Such recreational tourism could help pull the area out of its economic malaise.
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Drought prompts PUC to consider need for statewide water supply plan
The agency is surveying 153 utilities on the impact of below-normal rainfall and checking if conservation by the districts is adequate.
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From LED bulbs to window coverings, 5 easy ways to cut energy use in your home
And you’ll save money, too.