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PENOBSCOT BAY — Exactly one year after two large bales of compact trash from Ireland spilled and dispersed into the waters of Penobscot Bay at Searsport, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection will consider a $17,800 fine be imposed on Sprague...
The Mills Administration today announced next steps in the Maine Offshore Wind Initiative’s effort to prepare Maine’s commercial seaports to advance the University of Maine’s patented floating offshore wind technology and attract offshore wind industry investment in Maine. Governor Janet Mills issued the following statement:
PENOBSCOT BAY — On December 2, 2020, two large bales of compacted trash from Ireland dropped into Penobscot Bay waters while being unloaded from a ocean freighter at Mack Point in Searsport, dispersing fragments of plastic on the tide and currents...
PERC to close for maintenance in April ORRINGTON — The Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. (PERC), which takes in much of the waste from Hancock County and surrounding counties and burns it to generate electricity, will be down for maintenance from April 5 through 25, said Plant Manager Henry Lang, as Versant Power works on the 115,000-volt lead line coming into the plant. Although PERC can store roughly 10,000 tons of waste in its storage area and on its tipping floor, the rest of the deliveries will be landfilled at Juniper Ridge Landfill while PERC is closed, he said. Lang said waste can’t...
Maine-based company ready to revitalize old paper mill with product new to North America In a former paper mill in Madison, GO Lab will produce its wood fiber insulation product for the first time in Maine and North America Author: Sam Rogers (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 6:52 PM EST February 23, 2021 Updated: 8:24 PM EST February 23, 2021 SEARSPORT, Maine — It was delivery day for Maine-based GO Lab Tuesday. President Joshua Henry watched as cranes and trucks unloaded his company's equipment from a German cargo ship at Mack Point in Searspor...