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Variable wind trade; New York officials have questions about a company with growing ties to the Islands
October 8, 2008 by Albert Lanier in Honolulu Weekly
October 8, 2008 by Albert Lanier in Honolulu Weekly
Winds of doubt are swirling around one Northeast-based wind farm developer with projects in Hawai'i.
Newton, Mass.-based First Wind (formerly known as UPC Wind) has found itself one of the targets of an ongoing investigation conducted by the New York attorney general's office. ...The probe of is of special interest to island energy and business affairs, since First Wind has built and operates a wind farm on Maui and has designs for more farms on Moloka'i and on O'ahu. ...While First Wind enjoys a good reputation in Hawai'i, developments in towns like Cohocton provide a less savory picture of the wind developer. Which image will be believed may depend on the results of the New York AG office's investigation of the firm, which have not yet been released.
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