CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Endless Energy Corp. will hold an informational meeting Wednesday on a proposed wind energy farm on two mountain ridge lines in northern Franklin County.
Endless Energy of Yarmouth wants to construct 30 turbines on Redington Pond Range and Black Nubble Mountains in Redington Township, about 4 miles west of Sugarloaf Mountain ski area and about 8 miles south of Eustis.
The informational session begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Sugarloaf Touring Center in Carrabassett Valley
The company plans to put 12 wind turbines on Redington mountain and 18 on Black Nubble Mountain, which are expected to generate 265 million kilowatt hours a year – enough to power 44,000 Maine homes, Savvy Inc. President Dennis Bailey said Thursday. The Portland public relations firm is representing Endless Energy.
Harley Lee, president of Endless Energy, plans to submit an application to the Land Use Regulation Commission for the project in late September.
Lee is hoping to complete the permit process late this year, Bailey said, and start construction in late winter.
Several people from the company, including Lee, will be on hand to answer questions and to provide information about the project’s environmental and economic benefits, and there will be exhibits to view, Bailey said.
With energy prices continuing to rise the climate is favorable for alternative and renewable energy sources, Lee said.
The project would provide a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel generation, decrease reliance on foreign fuels, and reduce air pollution and global warming gases, Bailey said.
Lee has been working on the proposal for several years and now has the financial backing for it, he said.
Lee says his proposed project will be the first windmill farm in Maine.
Another company, TransCanada Corp. of Canada, submitted an application to state land regulators Aug. 30 for meteorological testing poles for a wind energy project it is considering constructing on mountain ridges in Kibby and Skinner Township in Franklin County on land owned by Plum Creek.
TransCanada’s investment, if the project is built, would be between $175 million and $350 million.
Evergreen Wind Power LLC is also proposing to build a wind farm in Mars Hill in Aroostook County.
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