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  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    These States Generated More Electricity From Solar Than Coal Or Natural Gas For The First Time

    Three U.S. states reached an exciting milestone by generating more electricity from solar panels than any other source for the very first time in their history. According to global clean energy think tank Ember, the states of Maine, Massachusetts, and Utah …

    Source: BGR - New York - Pending
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    Verogy seeks approval for 50-MW solar project in Plainfield, Sterling

    A West Hartford solar developer is seeking state approval for a 50-megawatt project that would span about 211 acres of farmland, former timberland and an idle gravel pit along the Plainfield-Sterling town line. Brookfield Husky Solar LLC, a company …

    Source: Hartford Business Journal - Connecticut - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    Dimension Energy bags US$857 million for 149MW distributed PV portfolio

    Investment firm Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit and funds and accounts managed by HPS Investment Partners are the lead lenders. The US$657 million project financing will support 29 distributed solar projects across the US states of Illinois, New Jersey …

    Source: PV Tech - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    Ensuring safety of plug-in solar

    Plug-in solar, also known as “balcony solar” is a new category of small, portable solar system that plugs directly into a wall outlet. The concept took off in Germany in the 2010s with more than one million plug-in solar devices now registered. With ten U. …

    Source: pv-magazine - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    Maine Just Ranked No. 1 for Something No One Wants to Win

    If you live in Maine, this study is less of a shocking discovery and more of a “yeah… we know” situation.  We lose power. It happens every season for all different reasons.  And we've been recently ranked as winning the power outages game. A new …

    Source: 92 Moose - Maine - Pending
  • Published on Aug 18, 2026

    No, MIT, ‘Clean Energy’ Isn’t The Future — Nor Is It Really Clean

    Is the world still transitioning to green energy in the era of Donald Trump and in the midst of, yet again, geopolitical unpleasantness in the oil-rich Middle East? While climate activists bewail the Trump administration’s embrace of fossil fuels and its …

    Source: The Daily Caller - Right-wing
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    Nexamp’s ‘Solar Grazing Program’ uses sheep to maintain Maine solar farms

    BREWER, Maine (WABI) - In order to prevent vegetation from overgrowing in solar farms, clean energy company Nexamp is allowing local shepherds the chance to maintain them with the help of some fluffy friends. “One of the challenges with a solar farm …

    Source: WABI - Maine - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 18, 2026

    Seafloor boulders challenge fishermen, and energy developers

    August 18, 2026 Boulder fields have strewn the sea floor off southern New England since the ice ages. Commercial fishermen have maneuvered around those obstacles for generations.   Boulder fields have strewn the sea floor off southern New England since …

    Source: WorkBoat - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 18, 2026

    Lyman-Morse Launches Groundbreaking Solar-Electric Passenger Vessel Firefly

    Lyman-Morse launched Firefly, the first fully electric, lithium-iron-phosphate-battery-powered passenger vessel built to meet U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter T requirements, on August 3, 2026, at the company’s shipyard in Thomaston, Maine. Lyman-Morse …

    Source: Maine Insights - Maine - Pending
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    What Five Salmon Taught Me

    Six days on Idaho’s Middle Fork changed how I think about rivers, energy and stewardship Halfway through our six-day journey down Idaho’s Middle Fork of the Salmon River, my wife Tracy and I joined five others for a hike up Loon Creek toward a natural hot …

    Source: Forbes - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 18, 2026

    Troy Jackson, now pushing affordability message, voted to raise taxes in Maine

    Affordability has become a core pillar of Maine Democratic candidate Troy Jackson’s campaign platform, as he promises to lower the cost of living for working-class families if elected to the U.S. Senate.But as Maine’s assistant Senate majority leader, …

    Source: Washington Examiner - Right-wing
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    Remembering Hurricane Bob 35 years later

    Remembering Hurricane Bob 35 years later A 92-mph wind gust was recorded in Wiscasset MAINE — Hurricane Bob developed near the Bahamas in August 1991, becoming a tropical storm on August 16 and a hurricane the following day. High pressure over the Atlantic …

    Source: WMTW 8 - Maine - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    Susan Collins takes cautious line on data centers opposed by most Mainers

    LINCOLN, Maine — Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday that data center projects, which have increasingly roused concerns about water and power use in Maine and nationwide, should be handled on a case-by-case basis. Calling it a rare occasion where her …

    Source: Bangor Daily News - Maine - Center-left
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    Underwater data center proposed for Alaska’s Cook Inlet by East Coast company

    Nikiski, photographed on April 19, 2022. (Marc Lester / ADN) An East Coast company has proposed building an underwater artificial intelligence data center, powered by the strong tides of Cook Inlet, off the shore of Nikiski. Delaware-based DeepGreen …

    Source: Anchorage Daily News - Alaska - Neutral
  • Published on 01:23 GMT

    Underwater data center proposed for Alaska's Cook Inlet by East Coast company

    An East Coast company has proposed building an underwater artificial intelligence data center, powered by the strong tides of Cook Inlet, off the shore of Nikiski. Delaware-based DeepGreen Cook Inlet SPV LLC released plans for a 100-megawatt data center …

    Source: Hanford Sentinel - California - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 17, 2026

    SOLAR-1 Debut Storm: DSCOVR Gone, Bz Still Unreadable Until CME Impact

    The satellite that warned the world about every major geomagnetic storm for more than a decade was quietly retired last month, and its replacement is now being put to work for the first time tonight. A coronal mass ejection (CME) launched by a magnetic …

    Source: Tech Times - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 19, 2026

    AI Companies Look to Ocean as Place to Put More Data Centers

    The artificial intelligence boom is driving unprecedented demand for data centers, raising concerns about their growing energy consumption, water use and carbon footprint. These challenges are making companies look beyond traditional land-based data …

    Source: Industrial Equipment News - Wisconsin - Pending
  • Published on Aug 17, 2026

    Norway Planning Board rejects solar array, advances apartment redevelopment

    Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more …

    Source: The Maine Monitor - Pending
  • Published on Aug 17, 2026

    Congress may be on recess, but the campaign for governing power is still underway

    Terry Gerton It actually is recess time on the hills, but there’s still stuff happening. Let’s talk maybe about combination of things, what they’re doing in the districts and what’s on the agenda ahead. So let’s start at the big picture. I know there are …

    Source: Federal News Network - Maryland - Neutral

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