Stored Solar wants to build the nation’s first shrimp farm at a biomass plant, but owes money and has had trouble launching other initiatives.
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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LePage wants to develop a new gas pipeline from Quebec
The governor says a new gas line could lower prices in Maine, but it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and some people at a conference in Falmouth say the idea is unrealistic.
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LePage nominates Sappi mill manager for seat on Maine PUC
The governor apparently believes Randall Davis will be in line with his priorities of lowering power costs and opposing most renewable energy incentives.
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Despite setbacks and questions, a company pursues new multimillion-dollar markets for Maine wood
Maine Woods Biomass Exports is shipping hemlock to China, hoping an undervalued species can create opportunities for Maine’s hard-pressed forest products industry.
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Soaring Maine gas prices, up 32 cents in a week, alert attorney general to prospect of price gouging
Supplies tighten in New England and a new storm may add to the run-up in cost.
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Stung by setbacks, wood suppliers seek new markets and products to survive
Maine’s loggers, truckers and sawyers and others scramble to stay afloat while attempts to support them falter.
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Maine company seeks to produce innovative wood-fiber insulating boards
GO Logic is trying to attract an overseas company to make the boards here, and it’s also developing a product of its own.
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New CMP bills foreshadow increased consumer involvement
Starting in September, CMP customers will see a new format for their electricity usage that can be adapted for variable pricing.
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No glasses yet for Monday’s eclipse? Could be a problem.
You probably won’t find the protective glasses at this late date, but there are other ways to watch this rare astronomical event.
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In Legislature, solar bill met a more powerful foe: Doubt
Blindsided by a late question of constitutionality, backers see an effort to preserve incentives undone by seeds of confusion.