PORTLAND, Maine - A Dublin-based solar-electric development company has partnered with a Maine firm to develop large-scale projects in eight communities. The Portland Press Herald reports that BNRG Renewables and Dirigo Solar LLC in Portland are in the first phase of a plan that could bring 350 megawatts of generating capacity, or enough electricity to power approximately 78,000 homes, to Maine.
Construction has begun on the projects located in Oxford, Fairfield, Milo and Augusta. The remaining projects will be located in Auburn, Palmyra, Winslow and Hancock.
The projects vary in size from 26 megawatts in Milo to 7.3 megawatts in Palmyra and Fairfield.