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Company plans biorefinery for zero-emission heating oil in Maine

Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. of Bangor has formed a partnership with Sprague Resources LP to produce a patented biofuel made from forest product waste. A technician takes a reading from an apparatus that turns wood waste into biofuel in this 2017 photo of Biofine’s test facility in Old Town. The company plans to open another […]

Biofine partners with Sprague to market next generation of biofuels

Zero emission heating fuel to be produced exclusively from waste materials PORTLAND, ME – October 20, 2020 –  Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. (Biofine) and Sprague Resources LP (Sprague) (NYSE: SRLP) are pleased to announce a transaction focused on bringing the next generation of advanced biofuel, ethyl levulinate (EL), to the market.  Biofine and Sprague have […]

Maine-Based Infrastructure Business Puts Social Responsibility First

TFIC bringing economic and social benefits to life YARMOUTH, ME – Treadwell Franklin Infrastructure Capital (TFIC) www.tficapital.com is wrapping up its fifth year in business, and is proud to be celebrating the 140th year of continuous operation of its wholly owned engineering subsidiary, Sewall. www.sewall.com.  TFIC is a developer, owner, and servicer of municipal and institutional […]

Digital image of projected Biddeford parking garage

Biddeford breaks ground on RiverWalk parking garage

Years in the making, city officials hope the parking garage will be a key component in the revitalization effort for the city’s mill district. The garage is one of the first steps the city is taking to revitalize the mill district, and city officials hope it will facilitate the area’s economic development. As a result […]

Portland Press Cold Storage Story

Developers revive plans for cold-storage facility in Portland, Maine

A consortium of private companies plans to build a freezer warehouse for $25 million to $30 million to expand Maine’s only shipping container terminal. A hotly anticipated plan for a waterfront cold-storage warehouse is back on the table in Portland. The consortium of private developers submitted plans to the city last week to build a […]

Headshot phot of TFIC employee Kay Rand

Kay Rand Joins Sewall Board

James W. Sewall Company (Sewall) announces today that Kay Rand has joined the engineering, survey, and natural resource consulting company’s Board of Directors as an outside member, effective January 28, 2019.

Harvard University library and campus at night. Success in education and tourist attraction in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Treadwell Franklin Enters Strategic Partnership with Academic Innovators

Treadwell Franklin Infrastructure Capital LLC (“TFIC”) announced today it has formed a strategic partnership with Boston-based higher education solutions firm, Academic Innovators, toward the improvement of physical plant, infrastructure and energy at US institutions of higher education. As in public sector and civil infrastructure, a watershed moment exists as years of deferred maintenance and the […]