solar power

What is community solar? What do you need to think about when deciding whether to sign up for it? And what does the future of this program look like here in Maine? That's what we dive into in this episode of Maine Explained.

A new law signed by Gov. Janet Mills this week will prioritize contaminated farm and industrial land as sites for potential renewable energy projects in Maine.

State lawmakers are considering proposed modifications to a state program that supports solar energy projects. Environmental organizations and the solar industry support the net energy billing program, but critics claim it's expensive and that electrical ratepayers bear the burden.

The solar farm is massive —nearly 13,000 panels in all. Generating 4.7 megawatts of power, it is projected to offset more than 60% of the City of South Portland's municipal energy needs.

The Nautilus Community Solar farms are in Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Somerset and York counties.

Hundreds of large-scale solar power projects are on hold in the U.S., while federal trade officials investigate whether Chinese manufacturers and affiliates in Southeast Asia illegally avoided duties on solar panels. Some see the situation as a threat to President Biden's climate agenda.

Maine's solar energy business is booming, and many farmers are tapping into the market by leasing their fields to solar companies. But a recent task force report is urging a more thoughtful and measured approach to prevent solar panels from gobbling up too much Maine farmland.

Maine's energy world is in an uproar over a finding by Central Maine Power that it must revise its analysis of costly system upgrades needed to serve a…

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon visited a South Portland solar power company Friday to unveil a broad set of climate policy goals she would…

The installation of solar panels at the governor's mansion in Augusta got underway Tuesday, fulfilling a vow by Gov. Janet Mills to lead by example in the…