Maine Energy Systems on Track for Record Breaking Year, Lowers Equipment Costs (4.17.2013)
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Trans-Tech delivers pneumatic wood pellet truck to Maine Energy Systems (12.4.2012)
Maine Energy Systems has added another fully-pneumatic pellet delivery truck to their fleet. The new truck has the capacity to carry 16 tons of wood pellets and deliver them to homes at a rate of 4 minutes per ton.
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Introducing the MESys Convertible (11.28.2012)
Maine Energy Systems announces the introduction of its 68,000BTU (20KW) MESys Convertible wood pellet boiler
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Maine Fuel Board Approves Request for Wood Pellet Boiler Installers (10.16.2012)
The Maine Fuel Board has approved a request made by Bethel based wood pellet boiler manufacturer Maine Energy Systems. The request calls for a yearlong project intended to confirm the company’s assertion that their boilers, and those similar to them, can be installed by oil boiler license holders who have been suitably trained in the differences between pellet boilers and oil boilers.
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Maine Energy Systems finalizes deal with Austrian pellet-boiler company (7.7.2012)
Bethel-based Maine Energy Systems LLC has finalized an agreement to have an Austrian company manufacture wood pellet boilers in Maine for the U.S. market.
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Governor LePage, DEP Commissioner Aho honor Maine Energy Systems for environmental excellence (4.20.2012)
The Bethel business receives a Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence alongside other 2012 recipients including IDEXX, CLYNK, George R. Roberts Co., the Washington County Council of Governments and the Environmental Living & Learning for Maine Students Project
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Housing Secretary Agrees to Senator Collins' Request to Update Federal Regulations Regarding Wood Pellet Boilers (3.1.2012)
Housing Secretary Agrees to Senator Collins' Request to Update Federal Regulations Regarding Wood Pellet Boilers
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Gardiner saving estimate of $195,000 with pellets (2.24.2012)
Gardiner saving estimate of $195,000 with pellets
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Maine Energy Systems Installs Wood Pellet Boiler -- First Ski Area Installation for Renewable Energy Company (12.1.2011)
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Berlin, N.H., incentivizes residential pellet heat (11.22.2011)
The Berlin Model Neighborhood Project is underway.
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MESys Benefits From DEP Certification (8.25.2011)
Bethel pellet boiler business benefits from DEP certification
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Biomass Trade Mission (3.16.2011)
Three Maine biomass companies complete trade mission to Austria and speak at World Sustainbalbe Energy Conference.
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Help with Oil Crunch (3.5.2011)
Portland Press Herald, Maine Voices: Wood pellets can help with oil crunch says industry entrepreneur, Les Otten. Maine has what it needs to heat homes and businesses without oil: Trees are the answer.
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3 Year Fuel Delivery at $1.99/gallon (2.24.2011)
$100+/BARREL OIL? MAINE ENERGY SYSTEMS GUARANTEES THREE-YEAR FUEL DELIVERY AT EQUIVALENT OF $1.99/GALLON WITH "NORTHEAST AFFORDABLE HEAT" PROGRAM.
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Pellet Production Heats Up (2.14.2011)
Pellet Production Heats Up Again
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Global Events Impact Heat (2.14.2011)
Global Events Impact Heat at Home
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Oil Prices Head Toward $100 (12.21.2010)
The rise in oil prices could be just getting started...
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WMTW Channel 8 News Story (12.20.2010)
Maine Energy Systems Pellet Truck Could Change Heating Industry
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MESys New Delivery Truck (12.7.2010)
MESys New Pneumatic Delivery Truck - Based on European design this makes bulk wood pellet delivery fast and efficient.
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Are You Following MES? (9.22.2010)
Follow Maine Energy Systems on Twitter for up to date information on training, where we'll be visiting, and what we're working on next.
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MES Meets Industry Standards (7.26.2010)
Maine Energy Systems 36KW (123,000BTU), 48KW (164,000BTU), and 56KW (191,000BTU) OkoFEN pellet-fired boiler system have met the proposed standards of 100 ppm CO at 7% O2 and particulate emissions at or below 0.03 lb/MMBTU.
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Les Otten Meets Policymakers (7.22.2010)
Bethel, Maine - Les Otten, on behalf of Maine Energy Systems and the Maine Pellet Fuels Association, traveled to Washington DC last week for discussions on the Energy Bill currently before Congress.
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NH Announces 30% Rebate (up to $6,000) for Bulk-Fed Pellet Boilers! (7.8.2010)
NH Announces 30% Rebate (up to $6,000) for Bulk-Fed Pellet Boilers! New Hampshire homeowners are eligible for a 30% rebate up to $6,000 on bulk-fed pellet boilers.
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Extolling the benefits of heating with pellets (6.27.2010)
June 27, 2010 By Tux Turkel The switch from oil makes sense on many levels, but it won't occur without government help.
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Dan Wheeler builds first OkoFEN boiler (5.4.2010)
Dan Wheeler of Maine Energy Systems, working with Austrian technicians Thomas and Klaus, built his first 56KW boiler today.
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Canadian Biomass - One Home at a Time (4.27.2010)
April 27, 2010 By Scott Jamieson Canada's residential heating market offers pellet makers a way to reduce their dependence
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Pellets over Petroleum (4.27.2010)
GREENFIELD - For someone who traffics in petroleum, Timothy Van Epps is doing everything he can to put his company out of that business. Van Epps is president of Sandri Cos., an 80-year-old fuel oil company that is on a multimillion-dollar mission to convert heating customers to a common and cheap renewable resource: wood pellets. In March Sandri received $3.2 million in federal stimulus funds to help commercial and institutional clients in Western Massachusetts replace petroleum-based heating systems with boilers that burn wood pellets.
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Space Available for Contractor Training (3.18.2010)
Join us for Biomass Boiler training March 23-24! Space is still available. Call Mike Broderick to register 824-6704.
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Gardiner Public Works Replaces Oil Boiler with Sustainable Wood Pellet Boiler (2.11.2010)
The City of Gardiner, Maine, has replaced the defunct oil boiler in their Public Works building with a more environmentally friendly wood pellet boiler from Maine Energy Systems and installed by Heutz Oil Company, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 40 tons per year.
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Renewableenergyworld.com - US Renewable Energy Industry Needs the Heat in Biomass (1.25.2010)
January 25, 2010 by Charlie Niebling and Jon Strimling, BTEC- US Renewable Energy Industry Needs the Heat in Biomass Energy from biomass heating fuel can be generated in a renewable, carbon-neutral system that leverages our natural resources to reduce our use of and dependence on imported fossil fuels.
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Bangor Daily News - New Pellet Boilers Automated (1.15.2010)
BREWER, Maine - There is a new renewable fuel service in town that sells an automated wood pellet heat system, delivers the pellets in bulk and services the equipment so customers don't have to dirty their hands or worry about their pipes freezing.
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Herbert Ortner to speak in Bangor and Portland (1.8.2010)
Please join us in Bangor on January 19, or Portland on January 21 for "The Development and Future of Wood Pellet-Fired Central Heating in Western Europe and Maine," a presentation to Maine homeowners and building professionals by Herbert Ortner. See links for details.
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Renewable Energy Comes to Gould Academy (11.24.2009)
Gould Academy's campus just got a little greener. Thanks to the help and generosity of Maine Energy Systems in Bethel and Austrian based company Okofen, Gould will heat its alumni relations building this winter with a wood pellet boiler.
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Maine Eco Pellet Heating and Okofen Finalize Agreement with Maine Energy Systems (8.21.2009)
Les Otten and Dutch Dresser, of Maine Energy Systems, LLC, and Herbert and Elfrieda Ortner, of Maine Eco Pellet Heating, LLC, and OkoFEN Pellet Heating, today finalized a Distributorship Agreement that makes Maine Energy Systems (MESys), the first U.S. distributor of OkoFEN-licensed products. MESys will also be the sole distributor of these products in the Northeastern United States.
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Pellet deliveries begin (10.15.2008)
Shane Gallant and Rodney Withey rolled out of the yard today on their first residential deliveries....
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Bethel Pellet Depot Nearing Completion (10.15.2008)
Bethel's pellet storage depot is well underway in its construction.
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$6 for pellets, $16 for oil! (10.1.2008)
An Aroostock County restaurateur compares pellet and oil prices based on his recent installation of a MESys 6000 boiler
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Chris Jackson makes odd implication... (9.28.2008)
In a television interview aired on Friday, September 26, Chris Jackson said that a match could be extinguished in #2 heating oil, and that "you cannot do that with other home heating fuels." Suggesting that a match in home heating oil is a good idea is strange enough, but implying that wood pellets are more volatile than home heating oil again reflects either Chris's complete lack of understanding of pellet fuel or his intent to mislead.
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The Forgotten Fuel (9.28.2008)
Boston Globe columnist Elizabeth Gehrman discovers the benefits of wood pellet fuel for central home heating systems in the September 28th, Boston Globe magazine section.
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Boilers Available! (8.29.2008)
The wait is over; equipment is arriving.
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Middlebury tests willows as fuel stock (7.29.2008)
Middlebury College is growing willows as a test feedstock for their chip burning boilers. If successful, the College hopes to reduce its oil consumption by half or more with willow chips.
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Pellet Supply, Bangor Daily News (7.28.2008)
Bangor Daily News reports pellet supply healthy...
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Op Ed in Bangor Daily News (7.28.2008)
Dutch Dresser of MESys provides data to augment Maine Oil Dealers' Association press release data.
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Action is Heating Up at Maine Energy Systems (7.17.2008)
The Bethel Citizen reports on recent activity at MESys, including contractor training
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MaineBiz's take on Maine Energy Systems (6.16.2008)
Maine's leading business biweekly interviews Mr. Otten in our Bethel offices.
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Maine economy projected to shrink 4.0% as a result of heating oil costs (6.13.2008)
The rise in heating oil prices will cause serious problems for Mainers this winter. Disposable income will be down significantly, and many households will have to make depression-era decisions.
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Oil supply the issue... (6.4.2008)
A global analysis of oil supply and demand demonstrates that a shortage of supply, not speculation, is the cause of the recent run-up in crude oil prices.
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Task force Public Hearing (5.20.2008)
The Maine Governor's Task Force on Wood to Energy will hold a public hearing on May 28th from 6 to 8 p.m....
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MPBN show (5.16.2008)
Les Otten has a public radio interview to explore residential wood pellet heating using fully automatic central boiler systems....
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Oil futures rally to record high of $127.82 a barrel (5.16.2008)
Goldman Sachs raises oil price forecast by 32% to $141 a barrel
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Otten interview on WGAN/560 May 12, 2008 (5.12.2008)
Les explains Maine Energy Systems, its products, and its missions
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Kennebec Journal on Maine Pellet Industry (5.5.2008)
Wood pellet fuel represents a new opportunity for the forest products industry.
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Biomass releases less carbon dioxide (5.5.2008)
Biomass Magazine reports that a Canadian study concludes that solid biomass is the most effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, even better than windmills
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Oil Prices Keep Rising (3.18.2008)
The state released its last survey of the heating season Monday and it wasn't good.
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Berlin, NH pellet mill gets important boost from the state... (3.17.2008)
The State of New Hampshire has agreed to hold the deed on a 24-acre conservation easement to be used by Greenova, LLC as mitigation for wetlands it will impact during its mill construction says the New Hampshire Union Leader Staff.
Read More
Retail oil prices in Maine exceed $3.50/gallon (3.14.2008)
As crude oil set a new record high yesterday at $111/barrel, Maine home heating oil prices continue their relentless rise ...
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Trans-Tech delivers pneumatic wood pellet truck to Maine Energy Systems (12.4.2012)
Maine Energy Systems has added another fully-pneumatic pellet delivery truck to their fleet. The new truck has the capacity to carry 16 tons of wood pellets and deliver them to homes at a rate of 4 minutes per ton.
Read More
Introducing the MESys Convertible (11.28.2012)
Maine Energy Systems announces the introduction of its 68,000BTU (20KW) MESys Convertible wood pellet boiler
Read More
Maine Fuel Board Approves Request for Wood Pellet Boiler Installers (10.16.2012)
The Maine Fuel Board has approved a request made by Bethel based wood pellet boiler manufacturer Maine Energy Systems. The request calls for a yearlong project intended to confirm the company’s assertion that their boilers, and those similar to them, can be installed by oil boiler license holders who have been suitably trained in the differences between pellet boilers and oil boilers.
Read More
Maine Energy Systems finalizes deal with Austrian pellet-boiler company (7.7.2012)
Bethel-based Maine Energy Systems LLC has finalized an agreement to have an Austrian company manufacture wood pellet boilers in Maine for the U.S. market.
Read More
Governor LePage, DEP Commissioner Aho honor Maine Energy Systems for environmental excellence (4.20.2012)
The Bethel business receives a Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence alongside other 2012 recipients including IDEXX, CLYNK, George R. Roberts Co., the Washington County Council of Governments and the Environmental Living & Learning for Maine Students Project
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Housing Secretary Agrees to Senator Collins' Request to Update Federal Regulations Regarding Wood Pellet Boilers (3.1.2012)
Housing Secretary Agrees to Senator Collins' Request to Update Federal Regulations Regarding Wood Pellet Boilers
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Gardiner saving estimate of $195,000 with pellets (2.24.2012)
Gardiner saving estimate of $195,000 with pellets
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Maine Energy Systems Installs Wood Pellet Boiler -- First Ski Area Installation for Renewable Energy Company (12.1.2011)
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Berlin, N.H., incentivizes residential pellet heat (11.22.2011)
The Berlin Model Neighborhood Project is underway.
Read More
MESys Benefits From DEP Certification (8.25.2011)
Bethel pellet boiler business benefits from DEP certification
Read More
Biomass Trade Mission (3.16.2011)
Three Maine biomass companies complete trade mission to Austria and speak at World Sustainbalbe Energy Conference.
Read More
Help with Oil Crunch (3.5.2011)
Portland Press Herald, Maine Voices: Wood pellets can help with oil crunch says industry entrepreneur, Les Otten. Maine has what it needs to heat homes and businesses without oil: Trees are the answer.
Read More
3 Year Fuel Delivery at $1.99/gallon (2.24.2011)
$100+/BARREL OIL? MAINE ENERGY SYSTEMS GUARANTEES THREE-YEAR FUEL DELIVERY AT EQUIVALENT OF $1.99/GALLON WITH "NORTHEAST AFFORDABLE HEAT" PROGRAM.
Read More
Pellet Production Heats Up (2.14.2011)
Pellet Production Heats Up Again
Read More
Global Events Impact Heat (2.14.2011)
Global Events Impact Heat at Home
Read More
Oil Prices Head Toward $100 (12.21.2010)
The rise in oil prices could be just getting started...
Read More
WMTW Channel 8 News Story (12.20.2010)
Maine Energy Systems Pellet Truck Could Change Heating Industry
Read More
MESys New Delivery Truck (12.7.2010)
MESys New Pneumatic Delivery Truck - Based on European design this makes bulk wood pellet delivery fast and efficient.
Read More
Are You Following MES? (9.22.2010)
Follow Maine Energy Systems on Twitter for up to date information on training, where we'll be visiting, and what we're working on next.
Read More
MES Meets Industry Standards (7.26.2010)
Maine Energy Systems 36KW (123,000BTU), 48KW (164,000BTU), and 56KW (191,000BTU) OkoFEN pellet-fired boiler system have met the proposed standards of 100 ppm CO at 7% O2 and particulate emissions at or below 0.03 lb/MMBTU.
Read More
Les Otten Meets Policymakers (7.22.2010)
Bethel, Maine - Les Otten, on behalf of Maine Energy Systems and the Maine Pellet Fuels Association, traveled to Washington DC last week for discussions on the Energy Bill currently before Congress.
Read More
NH Announces 30% Rebate (up to $6,000) for Bulk-Fed Pellet Boilers! (7.8.2010)
NH Announces 30% Rebate (up to $6,000) for Bulk-Fed Pellet Boilers! New Hampshire homeowners are eligible for a 30% rebate up to $6,000 on bulk-fed pellet boilers.
Read More
Extolling the benefits of heating with pellets (6.27.2010)
June 27, 2010 By Tux Turkel The switch from oil makes sense on many levels, but it won't occur without government help.
Read More
Dan Wheeler builds first OkoFEN boiler (5.4.2010)
Dan Wheeler of Maine Energy Systems, working with Austrian technicians Thomas and Klaus, built his first 56KW boiler today.
Read More
Canadian Biomass - One Home at a Time (4.27.2010)
April 27, 2010 By Scott Jamieson Canada's residential heating market offers pellet makers a way to reduce their dependence
Read More
Pellets over Petroleum (4.27.2010)
GREENFIELD - For someone who traffics in petroleum, Timothy Van Epps is doing everything he can to put his company out of that business. Van Epps is president of Sandri Cos., an 80-year-old fuel oil company that is on a multimillion-dollar mission to convert heating customers to a common and cheap renewable resource: wood pellets. In March Sandri received $3.2 million in federal stimulus funds to help commercial and institutional clients in Western Massachusetts replace petroleum-based heating systems with boilers that burn wood pellets.
Read More
Space Available for Contractor Training (3.18.2010)
Join us for Biomass Boiler training March 23-24! Space is still available. Call Mike Broderick to register 824-6704.
Read More
Gardiner Public Works Replaces Oil Boiler with Sustainable Wood Pellet Boiler (2.11.2010)
The City of Gardiner, Maine, has replaced the defunct oil boiler in their Public Works building with a more environmentally friendly wood pellet boiler from Maine Energy Systems and installed by Heutz Oil Company, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 40 tons per year.
Read More
Renewableenergyworld.com - US Renewable Energy Industry Needs the Heat in Biomass (1.25.2010)
January 25, 2010 by Charlie Niebling and Jon Strimling, BTEC- US Renewable Energy Industry Needs the Heat in Biomass Energy from biomass heating fuel can be generated in a renewable, carbon-neutral system that leverages our natural resources to reduce our use of and dependence on imported fossil fuels.
Read More
Bangor Daily News - New Pellet Boilers Automated (1.15.2010)
BREWER, Maine - There is a new renewable fuel service in town that sells an automated wood pellet heat system, delivers the pellets in bulk and services the equipment so customers don't have to dirty their hands or worry about their pipes freezing.
Read More
Herbert Ortner to speak in Bangor and Portland (1.8.2010)
Please join us in Bangor on January 19, or Portland on January 21 for "The Development and Future of Wood Pellet-Fired Central Heating in Western Europe and Maine," a presentation to Maine homeowners and building professionals by Herbert Ortner. See links for details.
Read More
Renewable Energy Comes to Gould Academy (11.24.2009)
Gould Academy's campus just got a little greener. Thanks to the help and generosity of Maine Energy Systems in Bethel and Austrian based company Okofen, Gould will heat its alumni relations building this winter with a wood pellet boiler.
Read More
Maine Eco Pellet Heating and Okofen Finalize Agreement with Maine Energy Systems (8.21.2009)
Les Otten and Dutch Dresser, of Maine Energy Systems, LLC, and Herbert and Elfrieda Ortner, of Maine Eco Pellet Heating, LLC, and OkoFEN Pellet Heating, today finalized a Distributorship Agreement that makes Maine Energy Systems (MESys), the first U.S. distributor of OkoFEN-licensed products. MESys will also be the sole distributor of these products in the Northeastern United States.
Read More
Pellet deliveries begin (10.15.2008)
Shane Gallant and Rodney Withey rolled out of the yard today on their first residential deliveries....
Read More
Bethel Pellet Depot Nearing Completion (10.15.2008)
Bethel's pellet storage depot is well underway in its construction.
Read More
$6 for pellets, $16 for oil! (10.1.2008)
An Aroostock County restaurateur compares pellet and oil prices based on his recent installation of a MESys 6000 boiler
Read More
Chris Jackson makes odd implication... (9.28.2008)
In a television interview aired on Friday, September 26, Chris Jackson said that a match could be extinguished in #2 heating oil, and that "you cannot do that with other home heating fuels." Suggesting that a match in home heating oil is a good idea is strange enough, but implying that wood pellets are more volatile than home heating oil again reflects either Chris's complete lack of understanding of pellet fuel or his intent to mislead.
Read More
The Forgotten Fuel (9.28.2008)
Boston Globe columnist Elizabeth Gehrman discovers the benefits of wood pellet fuel for central home heating systems in the September 28th, Boston Globe magazine section.
Read More
Boilers Available! (8.29.2008)
The wait is over; equipment is arriving.
Read More
Middlebury tests willows as fuel stock (7.29.2008)
Middlebury College is growing willows as a test feedstock for their chip burning boilers. If successful, the College hopes to reduce its oil consumption by half or more with willow chips.
Read More
Pellet Supply, Bangor Daily News (7.28.2008)
Bangor Daily News reports pellet supply healthy...
Read More
Op Ed in Bangor Daily News (7.28.2008)
Dutch Dresser of MESys provides data to augment Maine Oil Dealers' Association press release data.
Read More
Action is Heating Up at Maine Energy Systems (7.17.2008)
The Bethel Citizen reports on recent activity at MESys, including contractor training
Read More
MaineBiz's take on Maine Energy Systems (6.16.2008)
Maine's leading business biweekly interviews Mr. Otten in our Bethel offices.
Read More
Maine economy projected to shrink 4.0% as a result of heating oil costs (6.13.2008)
The rise in heating oil prices will cause serious problems for Mainers this winter. Disposable income will be down significantly, and many households will have to make depression-era decisions.
Read More
Oil supply the issue... (6.4.2008)
A global analysis of oil supply and demand demonstrates that a shortage of supply, not speculation, is the cause of the recent run-up in crude oil prices.
Read More
Task force Public Hearing (5.20.2008)
The Maine Governor's Task Force on Wood to Energy will hold a public hearing on May 28th from 6 to 8 p.m....
Read More
MPBN show (5.16.2008)
Les Otten has a public radio interview to explore residential wood pellet heating using fully automatic central boiler systems....
Read More
Oil futures rally to record high of $127.82 a barrel (5.16.2008)
Goldman Sachs raises oil price forecast by 32% to $141 a barrel
Read More
Otten interview on WGAN/560 May 12, 2008 (5.12.2008)
Les explains Maine Energy Systems, its products, and its missions
Read More
Kennebec Journal on Maine Pellet Industry (5.5.2008)
Wood pellet fuel represents a new opportunity for the forest products industry.
Read More
Biomass releases less carbon dioxide (5.5.2008)
Biomass Magazine reports that a Canadian study concludes that solid biomass is the most effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, even better than windmills
Read More
Oil Prices Keep Rising (3.18.2008)
The state released its last survey of the heating season Monday and it wasn't good.
Read More
Berlin, NH pellet mill gets important boost from the state... (3.17.2008)
The State of New Hampshire has agreed to hold the deed on a 24-acre conservation easement to be used by Greenova, LLC as mitigation for wetlands it will impact during its mill construction says the New Hampshire Union Leader Staff.
Read More
Retail oil prices in Maine exceed $3.50/gallon (3.14.2008)
As crude oil set a new record high yesterday at $111/barrel, Maine home heating oil prices continue their relentless rise ...
Read More
