First Wind today commemorated the start of major construction on its first wind project in Washington state, Palouse Wind in northern Whitman County. Local officials were joined by community and business leaders along with First Wind and industry executives at a celebratory kick-off event for the 105 megawatt (MW) project, which will bring significant revenue to the local community during construction and through long-term tax revenues while making clean, renewable energy available for up to 30,000 homes. |
First Wind today announced that Heidi Jamison, a senior at Garfield-Palouse High School in Palouse, Washington, will be one of the recipients of the company’s 2012 First Wind Scholars program. Ms. Jamison and her parents joined First Wind officials at the company’s celebratory kick-off event today marking the start of major construction of its 105 MW Palouse Wind project. First Wind plans to announce the other recipients of this year’s First Wind Scholars program later in May. |
First Wind will host an event on Tuesday, May 1st at 11am to mark the start of major construction of its 105 MW Palouse Wind project in northern Whitman County, Washington. |
First Wind today announced that it has obtained $76 million in construction financing for its 34 megawatt (MW) Bull Hill Wind project in Hancock County, Maine. Bull Hill Wind will create construction jobs, boost local tax revenues and provide clean energy for 18,000 homes. |
First Wind is marking the fifth anniversary of successful commercial operations of its 42 MW Mars Hill Wind project, which supplies clean, renewable energy to local ratepayers in northern Maine. Since it began commercial operations on March 27, 2007, Mars Hill has produced more than 627,000 megawatt-hours of energy and generated approximately $2.5 million in tax revenue for the town of Mars Hill. |
First Wind has announced that it has obtained $236 million in financing for its 69 megawatt (MW) Kawailoa Wind project on Kamehameha Schools’ Kawailoa Plantation lands on Oahu’s North Shore. Construction is currently underway on the 69 MW project, which is expected to satisfy more than 5 percent of Oahu’s electric demand. |
Monday, February 27, 2012
The Sheffield Wind Snowmobile Ride-In will bring together snowmobilers from across the area to meet at First Wind’s project at Sheffield Mountain. Riders will have the opportunity to see the project’s wind turbines up-close while enjoying the scenic beauty of the location, followed by a barbecue lunch. |
Friday, February 24, 2012
Today, Hawaii state leaders, local officials and company executives broke ground for Kawailoa Wind – a project capable of supplying as much as 5 percent of Oahu’s electrical demand with clean, renewable wind energy. |
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
First Wind will sponsor scholarships and school awards for the 20th Annual Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Science Bowl for the second year in a row. First Wind owns and operates the two phases of the Milford Wind Corridor projects that deliver clean, renewable power to Los Angeles and several nearby communities, including Pasadena, Burbank, and Glendale. |
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
U.S. Rep. Higgins and local leaders attended ribbon-cutting to celebrate the expanded Steel Winds project on a former brownfield site that will power approximately 9,000 New York homes, helping bring New York state closer to its goal of 30 percent renewable energy sources by 2015. |
Friday, February 17, 2012
First Wind will host a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction for Kawailoa Wind, which will be Hawaii’s largest wind project at 69 MW, powering up to 14,500 homes on Oahu. |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
First Wind will host a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the completion of Steel Winds II, the second phase of a wind project built on the shores of Lake Erie, on top of a brownfield left behind by an abandoned steel mill. The project now has a capacity of 35 MW, or enough to power approximately 9,000 New York homes. |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) Biomonitoring and Aquatic Studies Program has issued a report with the results of a series of water quality tests that found that construction of the Sheffield Wind Project had no adverse impact to the water quality and aquatic life of cold-water streams near the project. |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Approval paves way for 150 MW Oakfield Wind Project that will deliver even more economic benefits to Aroostook County and enough power for 48,000 Maine homes |
