Starting next month, retailers are limited to selling only wood burners that meet emission rules set by federal regulators.
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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Solar power advocates rally while task force ponders Maine policy
At stake is the pace of solar development and how electric customers will be treated.
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Solar power advocates rally while task force ponders Maine policy
At stake is the pace of solar development and how electric customers will be treated.
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Electric car sales sputter as Mainers go for SUVs
Climate talks in Paris are heightening awareness of the need for green cars, but the go-to vehicle in largely rural Maine is an SUV that can haul kids and gear in all kinds of weather.
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Spurned in Maine, wind farm to float in Scotland
Statoil finalizes a plan to build a project rejected by Gov. Paul LePage.
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Many of CMP’s residential, small-business customers will see rates drop
The Maine Public Utilities Commission accepts a bid for energy supply in 2016 that is 3.7 percent lower than last year’s average.
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Maine offshore wind project still faces money hurdles, despite federal grant
The pilot wind farm will need a $47 million DOE grant and investors if it is to be built.
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Maine pilot project receives $3.7 million award, reviving vision for offshore wind farm
The money will help finance further development of floating turbines that could lead to a lucrative clean-energy industry in the state.
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Account emerges for why state workers yanked anti-wind signs in Moosehead region
Turns out Plum Creek Timber Co. didn’t want a sign next to its office, and its inquiry with the state may have had a bigger effect than intended.
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For many in Moosehead Lake region, wind is ‘a four-letter word’
The prospect of towering wind turbines meets early resistance in an area that is launching a new branding effort built on its outdoor activities and breathtaking scenery.