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PublishedJune 26, 2023
Northern Maine power line project moves forward, slowly
If built as planned, the Aroostook Renewable Gateway Project could create hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in local tax revenue.
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PublishedJune 11, 2023
Time has altered Maine’s offshore wind ambitions
Today's wind power turbines are far larger than anyone imagined 15 years ago. Turbine blades could be nearly 400 feet long.
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PublishedMay 18, 2023
Lawmakers hear competing offshore wind proposals
One bill lays out a detailed state path to promote floating offshore wind that will help Maine meet its climate goals and create jobs, while the other seeks to use the state's power to keep the industry out of the Gulf of Maine where fishermen earn their living.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
Northern Maine wind power project wins PUC approval
Maine utilities would buy 60% of the output from the planned wind farm, which would be the largest east of the Mississippi, while Massachusetts would pay 40% of the project costs.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2023
Maine would buy offshore wind power in huge quantities under proposed law
New legislation would require the Public Utilities Commission to procure enough electricity from offshore wind farms to power 980,000 homes.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2023
Gulf of Maine swath mulled as potential site for commercial wind turbines
In Portland on Thursday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is scheduled to discuss a proposal that could allow wind-power leases on nearly 10 million acres of offshore waters.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2022
Maine regulators approve wind power, transmission project
Maine regulators have approved a pair of energy projects that would generate wind power in Aroostook County.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2022
Green Divide: LePage, Mills environmental records a study in contrasts
While governor, LePage rolled back environmental regulations and stifled renewable energy in the hopes of growing the economy. Mills reversed most of these policies and embraced the state's role as a leader in fighting climate change.
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PublishedApril 6, 2022
Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in U.S., pleads guilty
Companies historically have been able to avoid prosecution under the century-old Migratory Bird Treaty if they take steps to avoid bird deaths and seek permits for those that occur.
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PublishedJune 24, 2021
New Jersey bill would remove local control of wind power lines
The measure appears to be an effort to head off any local objections to at least 1 wind power project envisioned to come ashore at 2 former power plants, and run cables under 2 of the state’s most popular beaches.
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