Harpswell Renewables

Notes and links on climate science and energy — sharing what we find worth reading.

Maine Closes Bids on 1,200 MW of Northern Wind and Transmission

Maine’s Public Utilities Commission has closed bidding on a procurement seeking at least 1,200 megawatts of renewable generation and the transmission to move it — the headline item in this month’s scan of energy news across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. ...

July 10, 2026 · 3 min · Harpswell Renewables

Ocean Heat Sets Records

Climate graphic of the week: Oceans set heat records for more than 365 days in a row ...

March 17, 2024 · 1 min · Harpswell Renewables

Climate Scorpion

via the UK’s IFoA - Earth’s climate may be more sensitive than we thought ...

March 15, 2024 · 1 min · Harpswell Renewables

Warmest January on Record

Daily sea surface tmperatures continue to rise, click thru for chart. ...

March 2, 2024 · 1 min · Harpswell Renewables

PowerOutage.us

PowerOutage.us “collects, records, and aggregates live power outage data from utilities all over the United States, with the goal to create the single most reliable and complete source of power outage information available.” We’ve added a direct link to the Maine data in the menu bar, see “Maine Outage Status.”

December 10, 2023 · 1 min · Harpswell Renewables