Maine Public | By Nicole Ogrysko

Published May 17, 2024

The Maine Department of Transportation has applied for $456 million in federal funds so that it can begin constructing a floating offshore wind port on Sears Island.

If approved, the federal grant would cover about two-thirds of the nearly $760 million that the state of Maine estimates it will need to build the port and a heavy-lift semi-submersible barge that's needed to launch the floating wind turbine…

May 10, 2024

Stephen Singer

Press Herald

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Solar energy provided all the electricity needed to power a service area of more than 11,000 customers in northern Maine for a few hours in early May, marking a first in the large, sparsely populated region that relies on a Canadian grid for its electricity.

Unlike other regions in the state that are linked to the New England electricity grid, the Fort Kent area in northernmost Maine is connected…

May 17, 2024

Stephen Singer

Press Herald

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New England’s grid operator is expecting Maine’s electricity use to soar in the coming decade because of the demand to power heat pumps and a growing number of electric vehicles, despite the state’s rejection of policies calling for broader EV use.

Maine is expected to maintain its position as a leader in electric heat pump installations. The state is forecast to consume more electricity for heat…

May 15, 2024

When tragedy strikes, lawmakers predictably capitalize on the moment to make laws intended to prevent similar events. But such reflexive legislation is all too often based more on emotion surrounding unusual circumstances than it is upon sound logic and philosophical foundations.

Years ago, swayed by incessant media reports about the environment, I was card-carrying Sierra Club member urging the government to “do something” to steer society toward “green”…

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Once Unthinkable Nuclear Plant Revival Is a Reality in US Shift

Gambling With The Grid’: New Data Highlights Achilles’ Heel Of One Of Biden’s

Favorite Green Power Sources

The…

By Valerie Volcovici

May 13, 20245:37 PM EDT

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first major electric transmission policy update in over a decade that aims to speed up new interregional lines to move more clean energy to meet growing demand amid the explosion of electric vehicles, data centers and artificial intelligence.

Approved in a 2-1 vote, the new rule is also the first time the FERC has ever…

“Those numbers are troubling on the surface but when you consider the brands our respondents represent, it might be even more distressing,” the report stated,

By Kevin Killough

May 11, 2024

A survey of managers and executives at dealerships finds that 65% say they are pessimistic about the future of electric vehicles

CDK Global, a research firm specializing in data for dealerships, surveyed 250 dealership managers and executives and found…

The candidate’s vocal disdain for wind farms is another worry for developers, who’ve faced high costs and supply chain woes.

Posted May 9

Jennifer A Dlouhy

Bloomberg

Companies racing to build multibillion-dollar wind farms in U.S. waters are already contending with surging borrowing costs, supply chain woes and project pullbacks.

Now, they’ve got a new worry: Donald Trump.

The former president and…

Nothing self serving about an electric company championing a move of society to extraordinarily inefficient and costly electrification, huh?  CMP parent's Avangrid's vice chairman former Governor John Baldacci must be smiling when he's not counting his money.

CMP head…

The hilariously bad attempt at shoring up the green energy agenda cost Maine $35,000

Seamus Othot

May 8, 2024

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Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) announced the release of an independent study which claims that her renewable energy push has driven significant growth in the state’s economy.

The study, released Wednesday, cost taxpayers $35,000 according to the…

Another step along the way towards the dunderheaded "electrification" of society which the monied control freak interests wish to ram down our throats.

DOE unveils 10 potential ‘national interest’ transmission corridors where projects could be expedited

The proposed corridors, which total more than 3,500 miles across targeted regions, could unlock federal financing

Published May 8,…

The attainment of this "milestone" (really millstone) proves only one thing: our government's ill conceived use of the hard earned money it coerces from us will continue until people wake up. The more we pursue the pixie dust of "green", the bigger the hole we dig for ourselves.

The illusion of economic benefit is a perfect…