Maine community-led
Energy & Climate Action Network

Connecting communities
taking action on energy
and climate resilience

Maine Community Solar

Ally

Portland, Statewide

Portland Statewide

Katahdin Collaborative

Community

Crystal, East Millinocket, Island Falls, Katahdin Region, Medway, Millinocket, Patten, Sherman, Staceyville

Crystal East Millinocket Island Falls Katahdin Region Medway Millinocket Patten Sherman Staceyville

Sunrise County Economic Council

Ally

Washington County

You Empowering Sustainable Systems Lab

Ally

Orono

Penobscot Climate Action

Ally

Bangor, Penobscot County

Bangor Penobscot County

Midcoast Climate, Energy and Green Building Happy Hour

Ally Community

Knox County, Lincoln County, Waldo County

Knox County Lincoln County Waldo County

Featured Resources

MAINECAN is a platform for sharing services and resources that support community-led climate action.

Explore A Climate to Thrive’s Community-Driven Climate Action Toolkit for resources on forming, growing, and sustaining local climate action initiatives and for plug-and-play project templates.

Toolkit

The Maine Office of Community Affairs (MOCA) maintains this database of funding opportunities for Maine communities, including available state agency, federal agency, and Efficiency Maine Trust funding opportunities.

Toolkit

About MAINECAN

MAINECAN supports and connects local community groups in Maine that are interested in implementing projects to help make their communities more resilient to a changing climate and access the benefits of a sustainable energy transition.

MAINECAN member highlights video: Learn about 6 initiatives MAINECAN members have been working on to advance community-led energy and climate resilience in Maine.

Watch full video

Explore Connections

MAINECAN is part of a broad ecosystem of Maine energy- and resilience-related groups, networks, and programs. Explore how these groups are connecting with each other.