The average homeowner can now install a solar system with a payback of 11 to 13 years. But those systems normally last for 30 to 40 years, quietly producing free energy. Not enough sun in Maine ...

A plan is in the works to upgrade a key element of an unusual Aroostook County tourist attraction — the Maine Solar System Model. Fundraising is underway to build a three-dimensional model of ...

Installation starts this week for the 23-foot-tall structure. It's the newest addition to the Maine Solar System Model, which was built 20 years ago and now stretches from UMPI’s campus for 100 ...

Drive through a to-scale model of our solar system in Aroostook County, located in Northern Maine. All of the planets, moons, and the sun can be seen from the road, and offer pullouts for visitors ...

We knew we couldn’t get it." I first spot the Maine Solar System Model through the car windshield. I’m on the road to catch the raising of Saturn. It’s late October, and McCartney is racing ...

Another way is to build a scale model in the real world. Real world solar system models can be found in lots of places, the one that inspired us was the Maine solar system model. We originally ...

That morning, he plans to unveil a new 3D model of the sun at the campus entrance, standing 40 feet high. It will serve as the new northern terminus of the Maine Solar System Model, a sprawling ...

On 7 April, the festival offers bus trips to the Maine Solar System Model, the largest 3D scale model of the solar system in the western hemisphere, along with a stop at the planetarium at the ...