News about utilities — from heat pumps and power corridors to offshore wind and solar energy.
Farmington Planning Board unanimously approves solar power project on Farmington Falls Road
The project still must go through a Tier 3 review with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection because of wetlands on the site.
Maine lawmakers pass the first statewide ban on large data centers
The bill, which would prohibit new power-hungry facilities until late 2027, awaits Gov. Janet Mills’ signature or veto.
Fidium Fiber confirms broadband in Machiasport, quietly hitting the streets to ‘cover the whole town’ with fiber-optic access
Under a Federal Communications Commission contract to expand broadband in rural Maine, construction is scheduled to begin in June and be completed in October.
The secretive plan for a Maine data center collapsed in 6 days
A proposed data center in an old Lewiston mill building began to unravel before the public even got wind of it.
Jay Select Board approves town meeting warrant, backs data center plan
A planned data center would use space at the former Androscoggin Mill, which Pixelle Specialty Solutions Inc. closed in 2023 after a digester explosion earlier that year.
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