Maine Energy Systems (MESys) primary mission is to support a transition to the use of renewable energy for homes and businesses. By offering less expensive carbon neutral sources of heat and energy, MESys will not only lower costs for users but will also sustain and create jobs in the region and will significantly reduce the region’s carbon footprint. 

MESys was the outcome of a series of informal seminars organized by Les Otten in 2007. Les had decided it was time to use his energy and creativity in support of the economy of the State of Maine and he wanted to focus on energy. He assembled a group of people with similar interests and invited experts in various fields of energy to biweekly meetings. The meetings were broadly focused to allow for highly speculative thinking about Maine's economy and energy usage.

Les and his group identified a number of ways in which improving energy production and usage in Maine would help the citizens and the economy of Maine.

Automated wood pellet fired central home heating systems are very common in Western Europe. For example, 76% of the new homes constructed in Austria in 2006 were built with pellet fueled rather than oil fueled systems. The systems that MESys offers are based on proven European technology. These systems are constructed with the world’s most reliable pellet burners. The MESys system has the longest maintenance cycle of any pellet fueled system available anywhere. It can run continually for six months with no attention so that the owner only has to set the thermostat and enjoy a warm home, hot water, and a heating fuel bill reduced by nearly by half over oil heat. As an important added benefit, the owner of an average sized home will have a carbon footprint reduction of about 16 tons per year.

The Bosch/MESys central home heating system will help many Maine residents find freedom from the relentless increases in home heating oil costs, will help to sustain Maine's forest products industry, will lower our dependence on foreign oil, and will improve the environment.

 Maine Energy Systems is proud to offer fully automated home burner and boiler equipment to heat your new home or replace your existing home oil burner system. These burner/ boiler systems are manufactured by  Bosch Thermotechnology in conjunction with Janfire AB, two of the world’s leading experts in wood pellet burning technology.  The systems are ASME certified and UL approved and are distributed and serviced only by MESys approved factory trained technicians.

Maine Energy Systems has low interest financing available to you from Maine banks for upgrading your home heating system to an efficient, environmentally friendly wood pellet-fired boiler system.  Using May 2008 oil and pellet prices for a home that burns 1000 gallons of oil/year, the homeowner could enjoy over $1000/year in cash savings by  converting from oil to central pellet heating even after paying the cost of the equipment and installation through a bank finance program. As oil prices continue to escalate, the savings opportunities continue to grow.

Use our savings calculator to see what you might save by upgrading your home heating with a MESys system.

Maine Energy Systems wood pellet-fired boilers are more environmentally friendly than your current oil-fired system and they use a renewable carbon neutral fuel source to reduce your emission of greenhouse gases. Refined wood pellets burn remarkably efficiently and more cleanly than heating oil.

Maine Energy Systems Leslie B. Otten Director 8 Airport Road P.O. Box 547 Bethel, ME  04217 Phone: 207.824.NRGY (6749) Fax: 207.824.4816  Visit Website