A report released this week by the Maine Department of Energy Resources finds that the clean energy sector added $3 billion to the state’s economy in 2024, and grew at the fastest rate of any New England state over a four-year period.

More than thirty Bowdoin students opted to spend a recent Saturday doing something a little different: working together to tackle pressing energy issues.

Three educational organizations received a total of $1.2 million in grants to expand workforce training programs in energy efficiency and building systems.

New England’s largest standalone energy storage facility in Gorham is now operational and is already improving reliability and stabilizing prices across the region, according to the owner, Plus Power.

Hydroelectric power from Quebec started flowing through a new transmission line in Maine on Friday, marking the culmination of a complex years-long process aimed at enhancing New England's electric supply.

Maine utility regulators are jumpstarting a major new wind power development and electric transmission line in Northern Maine.

Nearly 30% of the power generated by five selected projects — including two within the state — would benefit Maine.

Electricity is now flowing from a new 28-megawatt solar farm in Sanford. Walden Renewables held a ribbon-cutting for the project Thursday morning.

New cabinet-level department, replacing the Governor's Energy Office, will lead policy and planning to promote affordable, reliable energy for Maine people and businesses.

Maine is still the most heating-oil dependent state in the country, but a growing share of Mainers are sourcing heat from electricity and other types of fuel.