(StatePoint) Wood pellet heating is growing in popularity as more people discover its cost-saving, environmental and efficiency benefits. To understand exactly what wood pellet heating is and whether ...

A report by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry claims more than 100 major buildings in Maine have made the conversion to heating with wood instead of oil. In most cases, ...

Mainers love their woodstoves. In 2021, some 8 percent of Maine households told the Census Bureau that wood was their primary heat source. That number’s trended downward over the last decade, but ...

I’ve been heating primarily with wood since I bought our house 31 years ago, though there were a few years following our installation of an oil boiler when wood consumption dropped considerably. Wood ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. When bone-chilling temperatures and snowstorms hit, folks with wood and pellet stoves have an edge in warming their living ...

Oct. 29—Home heating oil is currently averaging $3.10 a gallon statewide and the cost has some people thinking of turning to wood heat. But that does not mean you should immediately abandon your oil ...

(BPT) - As temperatures drop, home heating costs increase across the country. In fact, experts predict this winter will be colder than previously expected, and electricity and natural gas prices will ...

It’s the Maine state tree, but it’s super resinous and, like softwoods generally, produces poor heat output and little in the way of coals. However, it catches easily, smells lovely, and can be ...

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This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. In the 30 years Greg Berger has been ...

On Oct. 16, the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) announced the release of an updated winter heating guide intended to help Maine people save money and keep warm this winter. While the guide prominently ...