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- Bucksport mill one of dozens of ‘dirty’ biomass plants, environmental group claims (4/2/14)
BUCKSPORT, Maine — The local Verso Paper mill is one of dozens of biomass-burning facilities in 25 states that an environmental energy policy organization says creates more pollution than modern coal plants.
- Northern Pass Foes Launch Petition Drive Seeking Hassan’s Help (3/20/14)
Northern Pass opponents are hoping a 7-year-old boy on YouTube will prompt people to sign a petition asking Gov. Hassan to fight harder against the project
- Massachusetts energy company plans Groveton plant (3/8/14)
CONCORD, N.H. — A proposal to convert part of a shuttered North Country paper mill into a transfer station for natural gas could create more than 80 jobs and cut the town of Groveton's tax bills in half.
- Move to explore wind power is ‘win-win’ (3/2/14)
HAMPTON — A University of New Hampshire professor of ocean engineering sees a local effort to study offshore wind energy as a "smart move."
- Stratham firm spreads benefit of solar powerNhSolarGarden.com first company to promote ‘group net metering’ (2/23/14)
STRATHAM — Not everyone can install solar panels on their roof, but a new company allows anyone with a power bill to share the benefits of renewable energy.
- PUC report says PSNH should sell its plants and the public should pay (4/2/14)
CONCORD — Public Service of New Hampshire should sell off its remaining power plants, and all electricity customers in the state should pay to recover the losses PSNH would incur in such a divestiture, according to a report by the staff of the Public Utilities Commission.
- Portuguese firm’s wind-speed tower request creates concern (3/10/14)
ALEXANDRIA — Opponents are crying foul as a Portuguese company seeks to build a tower to measure wind speeds for its proposed Spruce Ridge Wind Farm in four towns near Newfound Lake and Mount Cardigan.
- Otten seeks to reduce safety zone size around wind turbines (3/5/14)
Otten asked, via Grenier, for the trio's help in removing a major "stumbling block" to a proposal to quadruple the Wilderness Ski Area. Granite Reliable Power's permit now requires a 1,300-foot stay-out zone or setback around the base of each wind turbine.
- $800M Sea Link plan could bring big dollars to Seabrook (2/27/14)
SEABROOK — The town could factor heavily in an $800 million energy infrastructure project if New Hampshire Transmission's Sea Link project is chosen by a New England energy transmission organization.
- Wastewater treatment plant to be site of largest NH solar project (2/21/14)
The town of Peterborough, N.H., recently announced that its wastewater treatment plant will be the site of the state’s largest solar installation to date. It will be built on a five-acre area -- formerly a wastewater lagoon -- that lies adjacent to the facility