The announcement comes a week after wind opponents filed a legal appeal seeking to stop the construction.
Tux Turkel
Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets.
When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat.
A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
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Rollins wind project obtains financing
The Rollins Mountain project is a 40-turbine wind farm being built on ridges in eastern Penobscot County.
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Conservationists push for ocean wind power
The National Wildlife Federation admits costs and complexity make wind projects a tough sell.
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Wind power generating opportunity, criticism in Maine
Despite its potential, wind power has emerged as Maine’s most divisive energy issue.
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On the roads again: Find new ways to pay for maintenance, group urges
To head off a road maintenance meltdown, a report suggests Maine refigure the gas tax and add tolls.
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Innovative Scarborough development grows on people
Lynne Beal remembers growing up in Bangor in a neighborhood of children playing and riding bikes after school and on weekends. After raising her own family in Cape Elizabeth, she and her husband considered retiring to an adult community. Then they discovered Dunstan Crossing.
They moved last year to a new three-bedroom townhouse, among condos that are set in a neighborhood of single-family homes, with children playing and riding bikes. What at first resembled a remote suburban outpost to Beal has come to feel surprisingly familiar.
“Now, I can’t imagine not living here,” she said.
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In airports: Added safety vs. less privacy
Stepped-up security measures have triggered a public backlash that includes concerns about privacy, radiation exposure and personal freedom.
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Smart electric meters:Folly, or energy’s brave new world?
Diane Leonard had lots of questions about smart electricity meters. Through the media, she had heard that they emit radiation, and she was worried about potential health effects.
Standing outside Leonard’s home in the city’s West End, a representative of Central Maine Power Co. told her that the meters emit no more radio frequency transmissions than the cordless phone she was holding. Moments later, she became one of the 1,500 or so CMP customers who had smart meters installed Monday.
“I just want them to know I’m uncomfortable, because I don’t know what this will bring,” Leonard said as her old meter was being switched out.
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Nova Scotia ferry service looks unlikely for next year
The premier says two proposals for resuming a route – one of them to Portland – don’t justify a subsidy.
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Portland area seen as prime hydrogen fueling site
An official visits the city to outline his company’s vision for stations to serve fuel-cell-powered vehicles.