With Sunshine and Batteries, Maine Oyster Growers Are Starting to Electrify Their Operations

With sunshine and batteries, Maine oyster growers are starting to electrify their operations

This story appears as part of a collaboration to strengthen investigative journalism in Maine between the BDN and The Maine Monitor. Read more about the partnership. From a distance, what appears to be an old pontoon boat with a shade canopy was tugging at its mooring near an island in Casco Bay. Up close, the retrofitted pontoon is actually something quite new: An oyster-processing barge that operates without a gasoline-fueled generator. The sh…

With sunshine and batteries, Maine oyster growers are starting to electrify operations

Maine's oyster farms are adopting solar power to electrify operations and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, leading to quieter coves and lower costs.