Our Kids are Paying Attention to Climate Change
Today, students across the globe are skipping school to join a powerful movement to draw attention to climate change. There is no question in school about its reality – and little political spin has any sway on children. They are taking action where we haven’t.
11/10/2015: Pellet heat get money saving makeover, Pellet boilers can heat entire home
A new generation of pellet heat is making it easier and more affordable for Mainers to heat their homes. "Every morning when I went to milk, I filled the wood burner, and when he went down at 9 o'clock at night for night chores, I'd go out and fill it again," Theresa...
10/20/2015: Maine Energy Systems introduces fully-automated wood pellet hot air furnace
BETHEL, ME: Maine Energy Systems (MESys) today announced the North American release of the MESys AutoPellet Air, the world’s first modulating fully-automatic wood pellet hot air furnace. The units are being built in Bethel, Maine by MESys and were collaboratively...
01/20/2015: Heating Renewables Demand Drives 100% Growth
BETHEL, MAINE - Maine Energy Systems (MESys) today announced that it sold a record number of fully-automatic wood pellet boilers throughout North America, doubling its output from 2013 to 2014. “Concern over highly fluctuating fossil fuel costs and growing consumer...
06/03/2014: Maine Energy Systems awarded grant for Massachusetts pellet distribution expansion
BETHEL, ME: Maine Energy Systems (MESys) has recently been awarded a grant worth $806,598 from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER). MESys intends to use the grant to develop a bulk wood pellet distribution facility and provision a fully-automated...
01/23/2014: Propane supplies may be tight, but Maine has plenty of wood pellets
Maine's wood pellet heat suppliers today reassured homeowners that unlike propane and natural gas, fuel from Maine’s woods is “in assured supply, at stable prices.” The Maine Pellet Fuels Association statement emphasized that “we take no satisfaction in the challenges...
01/23/2014: New program aims to cut heating costs for homeowners and boost local economy
BETHEL: A new program in Oxford County is offering rebates to help homeowners switch to wood pellet boilers for heat, which can cut fuel bills up to 50 percent and keeps energy dollars circulating locally and supporting jobs in the regional economy. Switching to wood...
06/26/2013: Farmington Model Neighborhood Project Underway
A new program is offering homeowners in Farmington and Wilton, Maine, the opportunity to save 40-50 percent on home heating costs by switching from oil heat to high efficiency wood pellet boilers. Municipalities and non-profits are also eligible to participate. The...
04/17/2013: Maine Energy Systems on Track for Record Breaking Year, Lowers Equipment Costs
BETHEL, MAINE - Maine Energy Systems (MESys) today announced that it is on track to sell a record number of fully-automatic wood pellet boilers in the northeastern U.S. this year. Because of increasing demand, MESys has reduced prices on its AutoPellet 20kW boiler,...
01/17/2013: 2013 MESys Diamond Contractor Training and Chairman’s Award
More than thirty of Maine Energy Systems “Diamond Contractors” gathered in Bethel on January 14th and 15th for advanced technical training on individual boilers, cascade systems and sales and marketing strategies. Dan Wheeler, Maine Energy Systems’ engineer directed...
12/04/2012: Trans-Tech delivers pneumatic wood pellet truck to Maine Energy Systems
By Nok-Noi Ricker Bangor Daily News BREWER, Maine — As Mainers use more wood pellets as an alternative to heating oil for their winter warmth, there is a growing demand for bulk deliveries of wood pellets. Bulk delivery has been problematic because of the amount of...
11/28/2012: MESys Introduces Convertible Boiler
Maine Energy Systems announces the introduction of its 68,000BTU (20KW) MESys Convertible wood pellet boiler. The MESys Convertible is a standard MESys 20KW pellet boiler made as a simple first step for the pellet boiler buyer. The MESys Convertible is a standard...
10/16/2012: Maine Fuel Board Approves Request for Wood Pellet Boiler Installers
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...
07/07/2012: Maine Energy Systems finalizes deal with Austrian pellet-boiler company
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. The deal is expected to position Maine Energy Systems as the country's largest manufacturer of wood-pellet...
04/20/2012: Governor LePage, DEP Commissioner Aho honor Maine Energy Systems for environmental excellence
GORHAM – Maine Energy Systems has been recognized as part of the first state-sponsored environmental achievement awards handed out in Maine since 2005. The Bethel-based business was honored as one of six stewards of sustainability presented with the 2012 Governor’s...
3/01/2012: Housing Secretary Agrees to Senator Collins’ Request to Update Federal Regulations Regarding Wood Pellet Boilers
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Under questioning today by Senator Susan Collins, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shawn Donovan agreed to update federal guidelines to classify wood pellet boilers as an "acceptable" primary heating source for the purpose of Federal Housing...
12/01/2011: First Ski Area Installation for Renewable Energy Company
Greenwood, ME: Maine’s Mt. Abram Ski Area has taken delivery of a “D” Energy Box from Maine Energy Systems that will heat the 5500 square foot base lodge using renewable and locally sourced wood pellets. The installation will result in Mt. Abram no longer requiring...
03/05/2011: How will you afford stay warm next winter?
Portland Press Herald Weeks before Egypt or Libya erupted, Brent Crude was over $100 a barrel. During the summer of ’08, before the extent of the economic downturn was known, most of the world’s economy was humming, and oil rose to $146 a barrel. Oil is a finite...
12/07/2010: MESys New Delivery Truck
Bethel, ME - Maine Energy Systems has worked with Trans Tech Industries, Inc. of Brewer, Maine, and Tropper of Redlham, Austria, to manufacture the first fully pneumatic bulk pellet delivery truck in the U.S. This truck will efficiently deliver wood pellets in bulk to...
7/26/2010: MESys Meets Industry Standards
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rules to take effect on December 16, 2010, which would hold heating and process boilers as “area sources of hazardous air pollutants” to extremely stringent emissions standards in commercial, industrial, and...