The project is “participating in a state incentive program” and will provide power to small- and medium-sized businesses in Versant Power’s district, Bailey said. Per the project’s agreement with Versant, “We know we will be able to interconnect the system without causing any major upgrades to the grid,” he explained.
ELLSWORTH — A statewide ban on single-use plastic carry-out bags scheduled to go into effect Jan. 15, 2021, and the polystyrene foam disposable food service container ban scheduled to go into effect Jan.1, 2021, have been delayed due to the pandemic. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced it is delaying enforcement of …
Negotiations for the purchase of Coastal Resources of Maine’s waste-to-biofuel plant in Hampden reached a milestone when the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a “prospective bidder” on Dec. 29.
Blue Hill has received one application from Borrego Solar, doing business as Blue Hill Solar, which proposes a solar farm on the York Road in East Blue Hill, said Code Enforcement Officer Judy Jenkins. The Planning Board Nov. 9 found the application incomplete.
ELLSWORTH — A Downeast forestland property totaling 2,200 acres in Washington County has been added to the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) network of forests. The Venture Brook Community Forest abuts the Dennys River corridor, and the streams and wetlands on the property provide clean water for native Atlantic salmon and brook trout. “NEFF conserved …
ELLSWORTH — The effort to connect the Ellsworth Pedestrian/Bike Trail to the Downeast Sunrise Trail continues to inch forward with findings of a feasibility study, presented at a Dec. 10 virtual public hearing. Representatives from the South Portland office of VHB, a planning, transportation, land development, energy and environmental services firm, outlined their findings, along …
ELLSWORTH — A 42-acre solar farm proposed on Bucksport Road found unanimous approval from the Ellsworth Planning Board on Dec. 2, with two conditions still to be met, the issuance of a performance bond and the Department of Environmental Protection permit. The DEP is currently reviewing the permit application, said Chris Byers of Boyle Associates, …
HAMPDEN — The number of interested buyers for the waste and recycling plant in Hampden has been whittled down to three, Municipal Review Committee (MRC) members announced at a town hall meeting on Sept. 30. “All three assume a closing before the end of the year,” said MRC Executive Director Michael Carroll. The plant shut down in …
CLIFTON — The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved contracts for 17 renewable power projects on Sept. 22, including a 20-megawatt (MW) wind farm known as Silver Maple Wind in Clifton and a 100-MW solar project in Hancock known as Three Rivers Solar. The PUC approved a contract for SWEB Development’s Silver Maple Wind that includes …
ELLSWORTH — As local communities look to the sun to save on electricity bills and be more environment-friendly — Ellsworth is actively exploring solar for its electricity needs — one business owner decided to power his shop through solar, too. Richard Newman, owner of Superior Docks at 420 Christian Ridge Road, will appear before the …
ELLSWORTH — It was almost exactly 400 years ago that the poet and Church of England cleric John Donne told congregants and other readers to “send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee,” but he might well have been addressing Maine’s 6,200 licensed lobstermen. Last July, in a case filed …
HANCOCK — Frenchman Bay Conservancy (FBC) is hoping to raise a total of $900,000 to preserve 1,400 acres in Hancock as part of a larger 4,500-acre conservation project. “To find a larger, intact property like this is becoming less and less frequent,” said FBC Land Protection Manager Kat Deely. “The fact that that land is …
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