USDA invests $15.2 million in renewable energy and infrastructure in Maine and New Hampshire

BANGOR, Maine; MONTPELIER, VT – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Directors for Rural Development in Maine, Rhiannon Hampson; and New Hampshire, Sarah Waring, today announced $15,217,000 in funding through the Electric Infrastructure Loan program. Aligned Solar Partners has built five solar arrays throughout the two states to generate a total of 10.291 MWdc, reducing the cost of energy for rural communities in Androscoggin County, Maine, and New Hampshire’s Carroll, Merrimack and Hillsborough Counties. The energy produced will be enough to power an average of 1,800 homes annually. In Maine, Aligned Solar Partners worked with ReVision Energy to construct a 14,040-panelRead More