Wind firm eyes Oakfield, Rumford (Maine)

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http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/90920.html

The debate over wind power soon will be blowing into additional Maine towns.

First Wind, the Massachusetts company behind Maine’s two largest wind energy facilities, plans to file applications with the state late this year or early next year for a facility with roughly 30 turbines in the southern Aroostook County town of Oakfield.

The company also is moving forward with plans for projects in Rumford in western Maine as well as on Grand Manan Island just across the Canadian border.

Those are in addition to the two First Wind projects that are further along in the Lincoln and Danforth areas.

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