By Staff
The first community solar-energy project in Gardiner, and one of the first such projects in Maine, has started producing electricity.
The project is a partnership between PowerMarket, a New York City solar management services startup, and SunRaise, a Portsmouth, N.H., solar energy developer, owner and operator.
In Maine, PowerMarket also has community solar projects in China, Baldwin and, soon, Belfast.
The Gardiner project sits on the roof of beverage distributor Pine State Trading Co., a privately held family business.
“We are very committed to making sure that generationally, we re always looking forward,” Gena Canning, a member of Pine State’s board of directors and 2015 Mainebiz Women To Watch honoree, said in a news release. “We’re always trying to improve our community. And we re always trying to reduce our carbon footprint because we want to be best in class. We want to make sure that by being the first community solar project in Gar