BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 31, 2025
A solar developer faced community blowback during an informational session this week on a proposed 5,000-acre solar farm in the tiny northern Maine town of Hersey. “Just tell me now if this is something you want,” said Next Phase Energy Services President Dave Fowler during the meeting with Hersey residents. They responded that they don’t want the project, which could potentially become the state’s largest utility-scale solar project both by acreage and power generation.