Energy & Utilities

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.

Swift Current Energy has secured tax equity financing and $248 million in project financing for its Three Rivers solar facility in Hancock County.

The towns are jointly exploring radio communication system upgrades to remedy issues that officials said have become critical to public safety.

The ground-mounted solar array is expected to generate more than 18 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, reducing the facility’s carbon footprint while providing long-term cost predictability.