Wind projects advance, stall
Expansion of a Washington County wind farm is slated to begin today, while an unrelated wind project in western Maine is hitting the brakes.
Work on the second phase of First Wind's Stetson wind farm near Danforth is scheduled to start this afternoon, according to a press release from First Wind. The expansion will add another 17 turbines to the existing 38-turbine farm, and together the two projects will produce 82.5 megawatts of power.
In related news, Record Hill Wind LLC is delaying work on its 22-turbine wind farm in Roxbury by one year because of low energy prices, according to the Sun Journal. The company, formed by former Gov. Angus King's company Independence Wind and Lyme, N.H.-based Wagner Forest Management, had planned to install the turbines next year, but now won't go online until 2011. Site work for the project has already begun and will continue after winter, he said.
Independence Wind, also co-owned by former Maine Public Broadcasting Corp. director Robert Gardiner, is also proposing a 48-turbine wind farm in Highland Plantation in Somerset County, according to MPBN. The developers have been in talks with town and forest management officials for over a year, and recently held its third informational meeting on the project.
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