Wind power in Maine

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label= Mars Hill
lat= 46.521 |long= -67.85
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label= Stetson
lat= 45.5262 |long= -67.9765
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label= Kibby
lat= 45.418667 |long= -70.544333
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label= Black Nubble
lat= 45.032 |long= -70.447167
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label= Redington
lat= 45.01 |long= -70.388667
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label= Rollins
lat= 45.38724 |long= -68.36371
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caption= Wind farms in Maine Canceled

There are several Wind power projects in the state of Maine.

Mars Hill Wind

Mars Hill (coord|46|31.26|N|67|48.82|W|type:mountain_region:US-ME |name=Mars Hill), in the town of Mars Hill, Maine, underwent a massive wind turbine project in the fall of 2006, installing more than 28 General Electric 1.5 megawatt turbines along the top and northern section of the mountain, which overlooks Canada. The windmills are assembled in four parts. The towers, made of three support sections stacked on top of one another, and each weighing 20,000 pounds, are 389 ft (120 m) tall. The blades attached to the hub of the turbine are about 115 ft (35 m) long — almost the wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet-liner.

Kibby Wind Power

The Kibby Mountain wind farm project — at a capacity of 132 MW, prospectively New England's largest [cite web
url= http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=166911&zoneid=500
title= State approves Kibby wind farm project
date= 2008-07-10 | work= Bangor Daily News |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] — is expected to generate about 357 million kilowatt-hours (41 MW·yr) of electricity annually. TransCanada expects to have about half the turbines operational in late 2009, and the remainder in 2010. [ cite web
url= http://www.transcanada.com/company/kibby.html
title= Kibby Wind Power
date= 2008-07-09 | publisher= TransCanada Corporation
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] The capital cost of the project has grown to approximately US $320 million. [cite news
url= http://www.transcanada.com/news/2008_news/20080709.html
title= Kibby Wind Power Project Receives LURC Approval
date= 2008-07-09 | publisher= TransCanada Corp.
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] Work on clearing the site began by September 2008. [cite news
url= http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=207993&ac=PHnws
title= Work begins on Maine's largest wind farm
date= 2008-09-03 | publisher= Associated Press
accessdate= 2008-09-04 ]

Stetson Wind Project

In January 2008, First Wind (then UPC Wind) received the approval of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) for its 57 megawatt (MW) Stetson Wind Project. Thirty-eight 1.5 MW General Electric wind turbines strung along the north–south ridge of Stetson Mountain (coord|45|31.572|N|67|58.590|W |type:mountain_region:US-ME |name=Stetson Mountain) are expected to produce approximately 150 million kilowatt-hours (17 MW·yr) of electricity annually. [ cite web
url= http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS141638+03-Jan-2008+BW20080103
title= UPC Wind's Stetson Wind Project Approved by the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission
date= 2008-01-03 |work= | publisher= Reuters
accessdate= 2008-08-18 ]

Redington and Black Nubble

In 2005, Maine Mountain Power (MMP) filed an application with the Maine Land Use Regulation Committee (LURC) for a permit to develop a 30-turbine wind farm on Mount Redington (coord|45|1.50|N|70|23.32|W |type:mountain_region:US-ME |name=Mount Redington) and neighboring Black Nubble (coord|45|1.92|N|70|26.83|W |type:mountain_region:US |name=Black Nubble).cite web
url= http://www.mainemountainpower.com/GetFacts.html
title= Get The Facts
year= 2006 | publisher= Maine Mountain Power
accessdate= 2008-08-28 ] After years of contentious debate, the proposal was voted down by the LURC in 2007. The summit of Redington was seen as too ecologically sensitive — a sub-alpine fir habitat providing a home for two rare species, the bog lemming and Bicknell's thrush. Also, the development would have been visible for miles along the Appalachian Trail (AT). cite news
url= http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/4077881.html
title= Black Nubble wind project supporters line up
last= Crowell | first= Alan
date= 2007-07-11 | work= Kennebec Journal |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-08-28 ] cite web
url= http://www.maine.gov/doc/lurc/projects/redington/Click_to_Start.htm
title= Maine Mountain Power Redington Wind Farm Application for Development
publisher= Maine LURC
accessdate= 2008-08-28 ] cite news
url= http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/viewpoints/editorials/060729wind.shtml
title= Redington wind farm a step toward Maine's energy future
date= 2006-07-29 | work= Portland Press Herald |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-08-28 ] A revised proposal, for 18 turbines only on Black Nubble, was put forward by MMP, supported by many environmental groups, [cite web
url= http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=1682
title= Support Builds for Black Nubble Wind Farm
date= 2007-07-10 | publisher= Natural Resources Council of Maine
accessdate= 2008-08-28 ] but still opposed by Maine Audubon. [ cite news
url= http://www.maineaudubon.org/act/2007_blacknubble.shtml
title= Will you help Maine Audubon fight an uphill battle for wildlife-friendly wind power in Maine?
publisher= Maine Audubon
accessdate= 2008-08-28 ] The project was rejected by the LURC in 2008. cite news
url= http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4657191.html
title= Wind project rulings issued: Panel OKs Kibby, rejects Black Nubble
date= 2008-01-15 | work= Morning Sentinel |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-08-28 ]

Rollins

In addition to the Stetson and Mars Hill projects, First Wind is proposing to build a wind farm with forty 1.5-MW turbines on Rollins Mountain (coord|45.38724|-68.36371|format=dms |region:US-ME |name=Rollins Mountain) and other hills in the Penobscot County towns of Lincoln, Burlington, Lee, and Winn. The estimated cost is US$ 120 million. [cite news
url= http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2517412.html
title= Lincoln Announces Wind Farm Hearing
last= Sambides | first= Nick Jr.
date= 2008-08-15 |work= Bangor Daily News |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-09-04 ] [cite web
url= http://www.lincolnmainewind.com/
title= Rollins Wind - The Lincoln Maine Wind Project
last= Pater | first= Joe
accessdate= 2008-09-04 ]

References

External links

*cite web
url= http://www.firstwind.com/projects/
title= Projects | publisher= First Wind
accessdate= 2008-09-04