Electric boats splash down in rural Maine’s coastal waters

Julia Tilton & Maria Gallucci, Canary Media Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution

Electric boats splash down in rural Maine’s coastal waters
Christopher Luther, Unsplash

At a dock along the banks of the Cousins River, Chad Strater loaded up his small aluminum workboat with power tools and a winch. Strater, who owns a marine construction business, was setting out to tinker with floating equipment at a nearby oyster farm. On the quiet morning in August, with the sun already beating down hard, his vessel whirred to life, only without the usual growl of an oil-guzzling motor. The boat is all electric.

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