The Biden Administration is advancing offshore wind in areas of the Gulf of Maine that pose a lower risk to endangered North Atlantic right whales. The Final Wind Energy Area (WEA) identified for potential offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine is largely located away from habitats of higher importance to … [continued]
Memories of a bad 2023 are already fading from memory as US offshore wind industry picks up the in 2024, with 15.5 gigawatts in sight.
The state of Maine recently has been actively promoting clean energy programs such as battery storage projects to lower the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. A few years ago it set a goal of installing 100,000 heat pumps in the state by 2025. With an assist from educational programs and certification … [continued]
Offshore wind projects in New England are being terminated as the cost of completing them has risen sharply this year.
This new offshore floating wind turbine will conquer the Gulf of Maine, if all goes according to plan.
Solar along highway rights-of-way can avoid culture wars and NIMBY objections while taking advantage of unused public spaces.
The state of Maine has ambitious clean energy and carbon reduction goals. But more than that, it is training the workers of tomorrow.
Utilities in three states are now prohibited from spending their customers’ money on lobbying activities in a win for consumer advocates who say the measures offer important transparency safeguards, the Washington Post reports. The laws passed recently in Colorado, Connecticut, and Maine — all with bipartisan support — prohibit utilities … [continued]
Heat pump installations are booming all around the world as people and businesses fight the rising cost of heating.
Electric cars have grown by leaps and bounds in the past decade, and a large network of mechanics who can service those electric cars has grown up around this new electric car market. We often write about other, much more nascent electric vehicle markets — electric airplanes, electric vertical takeoff … [continued]
