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Location: Lincoln, Lee, Winn, Burlington, and Mattawamkeag, Penobscot County Developer: First Wind Project status: Permit approved by DEP, under appeal NRCM position: Supports this project Size: 60 MW Number of turbines: 40 (1.5 MW turbines) Generation: 168 million kilowatt hours of electric generation per year Equivalent number of homes supplied per year: 23,608 |
The Rollins wind project, located in Lincoln and neighboring towns, was the sixth wind project approved for construction in Maine. Construction may begin in the summer of 2010. The blades for this project arrived by ship in Eastport, ME in April 2009. Check out the video here!
| Estimated Emissions Avoided: • CO2 (tons/year): 76,000 • NOx (tons/year): 80 • SOx (tons/year): 200 |
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** CO2 Equivalents were calculated using the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator