PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 15, 2020
This week, Maine put out the welcome mat and opened the door to being a leader in clean energy. First, two solar development companies on both sides of the Atlantic joined forces to advance projects to generate 350 megawatts of renewable energy capacity across eight Maine communities. The next day, a $100 million joint venture publicly emerged to develop floating offshore wind technology off the coast of Maine. Energy is valuable to the Maine economy, and strong public-private partnerships like these will fuel economic development and generate sustainable jobs in the state. Also, they will help reach the goal to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050. ~ Jeff Marks, Acadia Center, Rockport