Wind Power, Snowmobilers Link Up In Maine

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First Wind plays host to a snowmobile ride-in at a Maine wind farm, and looks forward to a "Ride the Wind" trail system. Read more →

Hawaii Gets Big Wind, Helping Give Oil The Boot

Kawailoa Wind, Oahu, First Wind

The 69-megawatt Kawailoa wind farm on Oahu's North Shore goes online; it could help the island avoid burning 300,000 barrels of oil per year. Read more →

Many Firsts In First Wind’s Palouse Project

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An empty field on farmland near the Washington-Idaho border is being dug up to erect the first wind farm in the heart of the Palouse region. Read more →

Wind Turbines Paint A New York Brownfield Green

Steel Winds II Turbine

A former brownfield in upstate New York now generates 35 MW following the Steel Winds II expansion, powered by the winds off Lake Erie. Read more →

Hawaii’s Biggest Wind Farm Under Construction

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FirstWind breaks ground on a 69-megawatt project on Oahu's North Shore that will become the largest wind power plant in Hawaii. Read more →

First Wind’s Fifth Maine Wind Farm Gets OK

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First Wind has received approval for its fifth and largest wind farm in Maine, the expanded 150-megawatt Oakfield Wind project in Aroostook County. Read more →

First Wind Picks Vestas For 77 Turbines

First Wind has agreed to purchase 77 Vestas 100-1.8 MW wind turbines for the proposed Bull Hill Wind Farm in Maine and the Palouse Wind farm in Washington. Read more →

Wind Farm Will Harvest Palouse’s Bounty

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Boston-based First Wind has begun construction on the 105-megawatt Palouse Wind Farm in the wheat fields of Whitman County, Wash., south of Spokane. Read more →

New Wind Farm Now Powered Up In Maine

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Maine's new Rollins Wind Farm was completed recently, and the surrounding community expects jobs, revenue and an economic boost as a result of its build out. Read more →

Wind Farm In Utah Gets Even Bigger

Milford Wind Farm

The second phase of a large Utah wind farm, now totaling 306 megawatts, comes online to pump clean energy to a vast southern California population. Read more →