Ammonia-energy Plan In Works In Maine

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) ― Maine has been heavily involved in generating power from wind, and now Gov. John Baldacci is drawing attention to a plan to create ammonia as a green energy source.

Baldacci mentioned the Rockland-based Ocean Energy Institute’s work during his State of the State speech Thursday. While most of the attention has gone to Maine’s wind power projects, Baldacci said OEI founder Matt Simmons is working on an innovative approach to create a new energy source “almost literally out of thin air.”

The process under study by OEI would create a propane-like energy source