PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 5, 2020
A global solar-electric development company from Ireland is partnering with a Maine firm to develop large-scale projects in eight communities over the next year, an enterprise that has attracted roughly $100 million in private capital investment. And the projects now under construction by Dublin-based BNRG Renewables and Dirigo Solar LLC in Portland are only the first phase of a trio of large solar endeavors planned to come online by 2024. Taken together, they could bring $500 million in capital spending to Maine over the next few years, along with thousands of jobs during the construction period.