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Selected Developments (Site Law)

Bingham Wind Project

Blue Sky West, LLC and Blue Sky West II, LLC, are proposing to develop a 62-turbine, up to 191-megawatt wind power generation facility in Bingham, Mayfield Township and Kingsbury Plantation. The project will include up to five temporary meteorological towers, up to five permanent meteorological towers, a 34.5 kV electrical collector system, an electrical substation and an Operations and Maintenance building. In addition there will be a 17 mile 115kV transmission line running from Kingsbury Plantation to a CMP substation in Parkman. The turbine towers will have a maximum height of approximately 512 feet.

The application was accepted as complete for processing on May 10, 2013.
Application
DEP project manager: Dan Courtemanch (207) 446-1806.
Please email any questions or concerns to BinghamWindProject.DEP@maine.gov

Hancock Wind Project

Hancock Wind, LLC, is proposing to develop a 18-turbine, 54-megawatt wind power generation facility in T22 MD, T16 MD, and Aurora. The project will include two 105-meter meteorological tower, a 34.5 kV electrical collector system, an electrical substation and an Operations and Maintenance building. The turbine towers will have a maximum height of approximately 512 feet.

The application was accepted as complete for processing on January 17, 2013.
Application
DEP project manager: Maria Eggett (207) 446-7120.
Please email any questions or concerns to HancockWindProject.DEP@maine.gov

Bowers Mountain

Champlain Wind, LLC, is proposing to develop a 16-turbine, 48-megawatt wind power generation facility in Carroll Plantation and Kossuth Township. The project will include a 90 meter-meteorological tower, a 34.5 kV electrical collector system, an express collector line, an electrical substation and an Operations and Maintenance building. The turbine towers will have a maximum height of approximately 459 feet. The project will include 3.0 miles of new 24-foot access roads and 4.0 miles of new 35-foot crane paths.

The Department will hold a public hearing for this project.

The application was accepted as complete for processing on October 25, 2012.
Application and information on the review and public hearing
DEP project manager: Jessica Damon (207) 446-1216.
Please email any questions or concerns to BowersWindProject.DEP@maine.gov

Passadumkeag Wind Park

Passadumkeag Wind Park, LLC, is proposing to develop a 14-turbine, 42-megawattwind power generation facility on Passadumkeag Mountain in Grand Falls Township. The turbine portion of the project is located entirely within property currently used for commercial forestry operations. The project will include:

Upgrading approximately 17.5 miles of existing transmission line
Constructing approximately 1.5 miles of new roads for construction of and access to the project
Constructing a substation and an Operations and Maintenance building in Greenfield, Maine.

Transmission lines will follow existing roads for all of the distance from the turbines to the transformer. The turbine towers will be approximately 459 feet from tower base to the top of the extended blades. The project will have 97.38 acres of devleoped area upon completion, with 21.47 acres considered impervious are.

The application was accepted as complete for processing on February 27, 2012.
The application may be viewed here.
The second public meeting on the proposal was held July 12, 2012.
July 6, 2012 - Draft Staff Analysis
Final department order (denial) November 9, 2012.
DEP project manager: Jim Beyer (207) 446-9026.

Canton Mountain

Canton Mountain Wind, LLC, is proposing to develop a 22 megawatt, 8 turbine wind power generation facility on Canton Mountain in the Town of Canton. The project will include:

upgrading approximately 3 miles of existing roads
constructing approximately 2 miles of new roads for construction of and access to the project
constructing a transformer station and an Operations and Maintenance building

Transmission lines will follow the new and upgraded roads for most of the distance from the turbines to the transformer, and will follow an existing transmission corridor for the final 5,800 feet. The turbine towers will be approximately 448 feet from tower base to the top of the extended blades. The project will have 9.6 acres of developed area upon completion, with 9.0 acres considered impervious area.

The application was accepted as complete for processing on January 13, 2012.
At the applicant’s request, the application review process for the Canton Mountain Wind Project has been placed on hold. It is anticipated that the applicant will request the review to be reopened in November, at which point the Department will be scheduling a second public meeting which will be publicly noticed and listed here.
Excerpts from application such as site surveys and other technical documents. To view the complete application as filed, please contact the project manager.
DEP project manager: Erle Townsend (207) 991-8078