LURC Takes One Step Forward for Clean Energy, Not Two - LURC votes to reject Black Nubble project
1/14/2008
Facts about the Black Nubble project
NRCM's post-hearing Black Nubble testimony.
Read pre-filed Black Nubble testimony by:
Exhibit accompanying Dr. Wells' testimony
Pete Didisheim, NRCM advocacy director
Read our July 10, 2007 press release
Read statement by Pete Didisheim, NRCM advocacy director
Supporters of the Black Nubble wind project
Read statements of support for this project
NRCM's original 2006 Redington testimony before LURC
Redington Restriction Agreement - This 2007 agreement will protect Redington Mountain from future wind turbine develop-ment.
View simulations of Black Nubble project
More simulations of Black Nubble project
Redington Project Scaled-back to Match NRCM Compromise
Photo simulation viewing Black Nubble from Sugarloaf
For the past year, NRCM has urged opponents and proponents of the Redington Wind Farm to join us in supporting a “Black Nubble-only” compromise. This scaled-back project would place wind turbines only on Black Nubble Mountain and would put more ecologically sensitive Redington Pond Range in permanent protection. A Black Nubble-only wind farm would produce 54 MW of clean energy, more than any other wind power installation currently operating in New England. Protecting Redington Mountain would be a very significant accomplishment, since it is the last 4,000-foot peak in Maine that has not yet been protected. The revised project protects sensitive wildlife habitat while increasing clean, renewable energy in Maine. This is a win-win solution for Maine’s citizens, and we urge everyone to support it.
Black Nubble
Location: Black Nubble Mountain, Franklin County
Developer: Maine Mountain Power
Owner/Operator: Edison Mission
Size: 54 MW
Number of Turbines: 18
Project Status: Revised Black Nubble application submitted July 9, 2007
Public hearings were held on September 19-20, 2007
Estimated Emissions Avoided (tons/year):
- CO2: 73,000 tons
- SOx: 91,000 lbs
- NOx: 34,000 lbs.
Equivalent Number of Homes Supplied: 21,500
| American Lung Association of Maine | Maine Center for Economic Policy |
| Chewonki Foundation | Maine Council of Churches |
| Community Energy Partners | Maine Electric Consumers Coalition |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Maine Energy Investment Corporation |
| Democracy Maine | Maine Global Climate Change, Inc. |
| Ed Holt & Associates | Maine Interfaith Power and Light |
| Energetic Management Associates | Maine Public Advocate |
| Environment Maine |
Maine Public Health Association |
| Franklin County Development Corporation | Maine State Chamber of Commerce |
| Green Campus Consortium of Maine | Natural Resources Council of Maine |
| Independent Energy Producers of Maine | Physicians for Social Responsibility/Maine |
| University of Southern Maine Sustainability Office | |