Energy & Utilities

A bill to make it easier to recycle both single-use alkaline and lithium-ion batteries in Maine has been signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills.

Mainers are one step closer to being able to utilize compact, plug‑in solar kits to reduce their household’s energy bill, with the legislature’s passage of LD 1730.

The lawsuit claims the repeal violates the Clean Air Act, ignores the scientific record and abandons safeguards that protect communities living near and downwind of coal plants. In Maine, mercury levels in fish, loons and eagles are among the highest in North America.

South Portland-based ReVision Energy has installed more than 700 rooftop solar panels at Biddeford High School, along with more on Maplewood Avenue. Combined, the two systems are projected to provide significant cost savings.

While some construction companies are already feeling the pinch of higher fuel costs, others are weighing their next moves.

Portland-based Happy Traps cleans fats, oils and grease waste from commercial kitchens, while its new owner turns those waste products into usable energy sources.

Based on a standard 275-gallon oil tank, homeowners are now estimated to pay $316 more to fill their tank to capacity than they would have on Feb. 23.

An analysis found that clean energy jobs grew three times faster than the state’s overall workforce.

The Maine State Chamber of Commerce will delve into the Middle East conflict's wider impact the cost of heating oil, natural gas and electricity.

“When energy costs rise, everyone feels it — at the gas pump, in heating bills and in grocery prices,” an economics professor at the University of New England College of Business told Mainebiz.