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Gas South announced an investment goal of $50 million in solar energy by the end of 2023, as part of the company’s plan to support renewable energy initiatives.  Gas South’s commitment to solar energy began in 2020 with the development of a utility-level solar farm in partnership with parent company Cobb EMC. The 6,000-square-foot solar project showcases rooftop solar panels producing 1.85 MW of solar energy and battery storage producing 1 MW and 4 MWh of solar energy. It also features a s...

Council might change rules after Bowdoin College solar development approval While Bowdoins solar array has been approved, Councilor Steve Walker hopes to set into place more specific outlines for environmental impacts and mitigation requirements for future developers. Share Councilor Steve Walker, who is also a project manager for the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, introduced zoning amendments at Monday’s meeting. In December, Walker raised concerns about the plant and animal habitat that the s...

Nearby Solar Array Will Supply Bowdoin with Lots of Maine-Made Power The 17,000-panel solar field on Bowdoin land  in Brunswick will push the College past its goal of purchasing 100 percent of its electricity from Maine-based renewable sources. Sol Systems, based in Washington, DC, will finance the solar project and be the owner and operator. Bowdoin is supplying a 19.5-acre parcel on the former Navy base for the array and will be the sole buyer, or "off-taker," of the electricity...

December 15, 2020 GMT BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Maine environmentalists have criticized Bowdoin College’s planned solar panel expansion at Brunswick Landing that could harm a coastal grassland. The expansion will add an 18,000-panel solar array across 20 acres to the 2,150-panel array built in 2014 and be built on the Little Bluestem-Blueberry Sandplain Grassland, Bangor Daily News reported. The site is one of four that were identified by the Maine Natural Areas Program to be “critically...

Some environmentalists worry Bowdoin College’s new solar array will harm rare grassland The 20-acre, 18,000-panel solar array will help offset the colleges energy consumption, but the land is situated on a rare, "critically imperiled" grassland that environmentalists worry will be harmed by the project. Hannah LaClaire / The Times Record BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College’s plans for a 20-acre solar array at Brunswick Landing are another step toward long-term sustainability for the college, but...