ROXBURY - The Record Hill wind project continues to divide residents and raise questions about the role of wind as an alternative energy source in Maine.
“Wind turbines do not belong in Maine’s mountains, period,” Steve Thurston wrote in an e-mail. Thurston, a private contractor and Vermont resident, owns property near Roxbury Pond in the vicinity [...]
By LES BLUMENTHAL - McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has proposed a 25 percent cut in the research and development budget for one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the Northwest - wave and tidal power.
At the same time the White House sought an 82 percent increase in solar [...]
POUGHKEEPSIE - Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation ranks among the top five public and private utilities in the eastern region of United States in support of solar energy in 2008, according to the Solar Energy Power Association.
For new customer installations in 2008, Central Hudson ranks fourth in total installed solar capacity and fifth in [...]
State House: Legislators are wary of paying small power producers because it would raise electric bills.
Maine’s renewable energy advocates are envious of Germany.
They see a country that has less overall sunshine than Maine, but is a world leader in the number of solar-electric panels installed. A big reason, they say, is an 18-year-old German law [...]
United States - By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. heating season gets underway, the average price that homeowners paid for heating oil was $3.67 per gallon this week, the government said Wednesday.
The nationwide heating oil price is 90 cents higher than a year ago, according the federal Energy Information Administration’s weekly [...]
A number of the energy efficiency and renewable tax incentives included in the broader legislation were modeled after bipartisan legislation previously authored by Senator Feinstein along with Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and others. These incentives were set to expire at the end of the year.
(Media-Newswire.com) - October 3, 2008 - Washington, DC – The President [...]
Heating a home often comes down to choosing between oil or gas. But there?s a better, greener solution: wood.
By Elizabeth Gehrman
When I finally finished the outrageously expensive gut-renovation of my two-family East Boston Cape in 2004, I was surprised and grateful to hear that the boilers, at least, could keep sputtering away for a few [...]
By Mass High Tech Staff
Portland, Maine-based biopower energy research group USA Biomass has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Energy Foundation to promote the importance of renewable, biomass energy generation in meeting the nation’s growing energy needs.
USA Biomass will provide matching funds toward this nationwide outreach effort, according to the organization.
The Energy Foundation is [...]
Focus on Environmental and GHG-Reducing Benefits of Biomass Energy
PORTLAND, Maine, Sep 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — USA Biomass, the nation’s leading association of biopower companies, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Energy Foundation to promote the importance of renewable, biomass energy generation in meeting the nation’s growing energy needs, while reducing our [...]
