First Wind Begins Construction on Latest Wind Power Project in Maine

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Renewable energy company First Wind (Boston, Massachusetts) has begun construction on the 148-megawatt (MW) Oakfield wind power project in Aroostock County, Maine.

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The project is First Wind's sixth in Maine and largest in New England. The five operational wind projects in Maine include the 42-MW Mars Hill Wind project in Aroostook County, the 83-MW Stetson Wind I and II projects in Washington County, the 60-MW Rollins Wind project in Penobscot County, and the 34-MW Bull Hill Wind project in Hancock County. These facilities have a combined capacity of 219 MW.

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The Oakfield project will be built on the low ridges of the Oakfield Hills, using pre-existing commercial roads and infrastructure. The project will have 48 Vestas V-112 model wind turbines. The new facility is expected to begin full commercial operations by the end of 2015.

First Wind said the project will increase the First Wind's total capital expenditures in Maine to more than $1 billion. It will be sold to four Massachusetts utilities as part of a 15-year contract.

Reed & Reed Incorporated (Woolwich, Maine) will provide the engineering, procurement, and construction services.

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