Posted at 9:38 a.m., Thursday, January 3, 2008
UPC Wind gets approval in Maine for wind farm
Advertiser Staff
UPC Wind, a North American wind power company with operations in Hawai'i, has received final approval from the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission to build a 57-megawatt wind farm in Washington County, Maine.The project proposed for the slopes of Stetson Mountain has received support from leading environmental groups such as Maine Audubon, Natural Resource Council, Appalachian Mountain Club and Conservation Law Foundation.
UPC Wind last year opened Maui's first wind farm, a 30-megawatt facility on the slopes of the West Maui mountains above McGregor Point that provides enough power for 11,000 households.
