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Panel rejects wind power in Redington; Decision could have impact on future projects in Maine
In a decision that could have wide ramifications for the future of wind power in Maine, the Land Use Regulation Commission on Wednesday rejected a plan to place 30 turbines on two western mountains.
January 25, 2007
by Alan Crowell, Staff Writer
in Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
In a decision that could have wide ramifications for the future of wind power in Maine, the Land Use Regulation Commission on Wednesday rejected a plan to place 30 turbines on two western mountains.
The application by Maine Mountain Power to rezone about 1,000 acres on Redington Pond Range and Black Nubble Mountain to erect 400-foot-high turbines is considered precedent-setting because it is just the second in the commission’s jurisdiction — about half of Maine. A previous wind-power project in the mid-1990s was approved but never built.
Jeffrey Thaler, attorney for Maine Mountain Power, said that speaking as a concerned... [continue via Web link]
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