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- Wind energy utility leasing more than 7,000 acres of land Down East (7/25/14)
TRESCOTT — Atlantic Wind, a subsidiary of a global utility business, has leased thousands of acres in two coastal communities and is gathering data to assess the feasibility of a wind energy project there.
- Dixfield selectmen approve warrant for town meeting on wind energy moratorium (7/28/14)
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday evening to approve a warrant for a special town meeting where residents will vote on whether to enact a 180-day wind energy facility moratorium.
- Members of Congress Worry Propane Rail Shipments Could Harm Great Bay (7/24/14)
Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte along with Congresswoman Carol-Shea Porter want to take a closer look at the potential environmental impacts of propane rail traffic through the Great Bay Estuary.
- Lister waiting on response from Hassan regarding Sea-3 (7/23/14)
PORTSMOUTH — Mayor Bob Lister is tired of waiting for a response from Gov. Maggie Hassan's office to a request he made in a June 18 letter sharing his concerns about the expansion of the Sea-3 propane facility in Newington.
- Maine regulators again approve joint wind venture (7/22/14)
The Maine Public Utilities Commission once again granted its approval to a multimillion-dollar joint venture to develop wind-generation projects after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned its initial approval and sent the case back for reconsideration.
- Groton Wind sound tests pass muster for committee (7/28/14)
GROTON — The amount of sound emitted by the Groton Wind facility in town and in surrounding towns is within the state’s guidelines for such projects, according to a contractor that just conducted tests for the owners of Groton Wind. But two of the original complainants, a Rumney couple, about the sound from the plant’s 400-foot towers, says the sound tests were not done in the right spot.
- Developer says proposed LNG plant in Groveton ‘on hold’ (7/27/14)
Plans to build a $100 million liquefied-natural gas (LNG) production plant in Groveton Village are on “hold,” according to the developer, Clear Energy of Marlborough, Mass.
- Downeast LNG proposes expanded project, submits request to energy regulators (7/23/14)
ROBBINSTON — Downeast LNG has submitted a pre-filing request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to develop its proposed liquefied natural gas import-export facility, the company announced Wednesday.
- Peterborough OKs state’s largest solar array project (7/23/14)
PETERBOROUGH — Within 30 minutes of the start of the Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters cheered and applauded their unanimous vote to OK construction of what will be the largest solar array in the state.
- Guilford committee talks limits on bulk propane storage (7/22/14)
GUILFORD >> The Planning Committee continued its discussion of a possible limit on bulk storage of propane in town on Tuesday at Town Hall.
Members of the committee discussed how it should address propane rules in town and said they would review how other towns regulate the product.