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Record Hill Wind Project

 Location: Roxbury and Byron, Oxford County
Developer: Independence Wind

Project status: Permit approved by DEP, under appeal
NRCM position: Supports this project
Size: 50.6 MW
Number of turbines: 22 (2.3 MW turbines)
Generation: 130 million kilowatt hours of electric generation per year
Equivalent number of homes supplied per year: roughly equal to the amount of all residential electrical consumption in Oxford County


The Record Hill wind project is proposed for Roxbury in Western Maine. If approved, this project is expected to generate enough electricity annually as all residential consumption in Oxford County.

Estimated Emissions Avoided:
• CO2 (tons/year): 62,000

CO2 Equivalents**
• CO2 emissions from burning 294 railcars’ worth of coal
• CO2 emissions from 130,803 barrels of oil consumed
• Carbon sequestered annually by 12,783 acres of pine or fir forests
• CO2 emissions from 6,384,274 gallons of gasoline consumed

** CO2 Equivalents were calculated using the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator

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