http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/19694 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:58:46 GMT First Wind ordered and has taken delivery of these nacelles planned for the Stetson II wind farm project (17 turbines). This picture was taken only one month after First Wind submitted its permit application for the project to the State of Maine for approval. Apparently, First Wind is confident it will win approval. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19694 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19693 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:53:30 GMT First Wind has ordered and taken delivery of the Stetson II wind farm turbine components (17 turbines). This picture was taken just one month after First Wind submitted its permit application for Stetson II to the State of Maine for approval. Apparently, First Wind is confident it will win approval. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19693 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11030 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:48:19 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/11030 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7985 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:23:26 GMT "People bought property here specifically for the silence," said Wendy Todd (with her husband, Perrin), in Mars Hill, Maine. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7985 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7810 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:38:22 GMT Mars Hill in 2005, before the erection of 28 wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7810 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7809 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:34:12 GMT A view of Mars Hill in late January 2006. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7809 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7623 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:09:21 GMT A sign registers the feelings of Dawn and Rod Mahan toward the windmill farm just installed in Mars Hill, Maine. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7623 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7617 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:19:01 GMT "They don't look pretty to me,” said Country Club Road resident Megan Birmingham of the windmills that line Mars Hill in her backyard as she played with her dog Luca on Monday. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7617 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6803 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:36:58 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/6803 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6802 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:35:49 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/6802 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6611 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:57:09 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/6611 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6610 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:56:17 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/6610 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6609 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:54:59 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/6609 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6608 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:53:30 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/6608 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6552 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:25:43 GMT https://www.oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaaEXT/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=454417 .
Note that the 28 1.5-MW wind turbines are under construction during the last months of 2006 by Evergreen Wind Power, LLC; according to FAA they are slated to be 389 feet in overall height (from ground level to highest point of rotor).
As indicated, the photo of Mars Hill Turbine #9 is available via this link:
http://www.windaction.org/pictures/5919 ; which provides a south-looking view of the north end of Mars Hill. ]]> Dan Boone created this image using the digital USGS 7.5-minute topographic map mosaic for Aroostook County, ME (from NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway) and incorporated the turbine and met tower locations according to lat-long coordinates provided in FAA's 7460-1 database for this facility - e.g., https://www.oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaaEXT/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=454417 . Note that the 28 1.5-MW wind turbines are under construction during the last months of 2006 by Evergreen Wind Power, LLC; according to FAA they are slated to be 389 feet in overall height (from ground level to highest point of rotor). As indicated, the photo of Mars Hill Turbine #9 is available via this link: http://www.windaction.org/pictures/5919 ; which provides a south-looking view of the north end of Mars Hill. http://www.windaction.org/articles/6552 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5919 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:28:53 GMT Photo of Turbine #9 taken from the north looking south. A map of the locations of the Mars Hill turbines is available at this link: http://www.windaction.org/pictures/6552 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5919 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4279 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:43:26 GMT At what price do we give the nod to wind towers on mountaintops in sight of the Appalachian Trail? http://www.windaction.org/articles/4279 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4203 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:03:42 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/4203 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2533 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:29:29 GMT One of four extra-long tractor-trailer trucks transports windmill blades Friday on Route 1 in Searsport. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2533 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2532 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:28:26 GMT Oversized windmill blades are on their way Friday from Mack Point in Searsport to Maine's first wind farm in Mars Hill in Aroostook County. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2532