PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 7, 2025
Maine’s “clean energy economy,” which encompasses jobs and business activities advancing carbon-free energy, expanded faster in 2023 than the state’s economy overall, benefiting from Biden administration funding that’s now in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs. A broad array of economic enterprises such as solar, wind and hydropower; geothermal generation; smart grid technology to manage electricity; lithium and other batteries; energy efficiency and electric vehicles comprise the clean energy economy, which grew to nearly $2.9 billion in 2023, or 3.2% of the state’s economy. It’s up from 2.7% the previous year, according to the 2024 Maine Clean Energy Report, commissioned by the Governor’s Energy Office.