Searsport

Mount Desert-based Zero Energy Homes hired an aerospace manufacturing specialist to lead development of affordable, energy-efficient homes and a modular-home manufacturing facility.

Notice of a funding freeze by the Trump administration for alternative energy research at the university has brought an abrupt halt to an offshore wind turbine installation project that has been years in the making.

Zero Energy Homes combines modular construction and net zero energy principles to show a single-family demonstration home under construction in Searsport can be priced for the affordable housing market.

The state is proposing to develop a $500 million offshore wind port on Sears Island. A stone’s throw away, the owner of an industrial marine terminal wants to develop the port.

The Searsport site is already owned by the state and is designated for port development, saving money and having less environmental impact.

TimberHP, a building products company in Madison, will build an electric vehicle transportation hub and purchase electric bikes for its employees.

The acquisition of 13 midcoast stores represents the first entry into Maine for Majors Management, which in the past three years has completed 17 deals in 13 states.

The house had been neglected for a long time. A copper cupola, wood trim and paint are among the custom-made items.

Matthew Burns, former deck officer and Maine Maritime Academy graduate, is now executive director of the Maine Port Authority after serving in an interim role for the past year.

Four sites are eyed for manufacturing and deployment of floating foundations and turbines. Development costs range from $100 million to nearly $300 million. Certain areas would require blasting and dredging.