Picture credit : Vlad smolyakov / Unsplash According to Justin Gerdes writing for GTM:, ” … Maine is the most heating-oil-dependent state in the country. More than 60 percent of the state’s 550,000 households rely on heating oil as their primary energy source for heat.” She quoted Michael Stoddard Executive Director of Efficiency Maine Trust: […]
Picture credit: Agustín Pacheco – Unsplash As reported by Ryan Green in the School Transportation News. Read the entire article at STNews Legislation that was introduced in December would require all school buses statewide to operate with electric power by 2040. There are currently 3,000 school buses in operation statewide. The bill does not specify […]
Picture Credit jimmywayne at Creative Commons As reported by Melissa Lizotte of the Bangor Daily News, a new multimillion-dollar solar farm project is being built near Presque isle Airport. A multimillion-dollar solar farm project is expected to generate large annual electric savings for the city of Presque Isle and nearby industrial companies who take part […]
Despite setbacks and delays, the UMaine project is likely to be the first floating commercial-scale wind farm in the U.S. Picture credit: Tux Turkel, staff writer at the Portland Press Herald, wrote: “UMaine’s bid to be a player in the emerging offshore wind industry has suffered repeated setbacks. Most notably, it was hobbled during the […]
Picture credit: “caveman Chuck” Coker / Creative Commons Julia Bayly wrote on January 27. 2020 in the Bangor Daily News: “Maine currently uses more fossil-fuel produced energy than any of the other New England States. The solution to reducing, and even eliminating, that dependency could lay in state’s potential to produce much of the energy […]
How Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Compare with Traditional Incandescents Picture credit: Taofeek Obafemi/Unsplash Following their “Energy Saver” Mission, The US Department of Energy provides energy efficiency and renewable energy information to U.S. consumers, including families, homeowners, renters, and drivers as part of its ENERGY SAVER Program. According to their own studies, The US Energy Department has […]
