The US’s Easternmost City Could Be a Model for the Country’s Renewable Future

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Tidal power and solar would fuel a community microgrid protecting the island of Eastport, Maine, from outages.

If you trace the path of one electrical transmission line up the coast of Maine, through and around the state’s rocky outcroppings and over a long causeway, you’ll finally reach the island city of Eastport, 40 miles from the transmission line’s origin. Here, at the line’s terminus, sits the U.S.’s easternmost city and the East Coast’s deepest port, once a thriving hub of imports by sea.

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