Location: The proposed project will start at the northern end of the Little Moose Mountain ridgeline overlooking Big Indian Pond and continue west over the Burnt Nubble and Black Nubble peaks towards Moxie Pond. The turbine layout will span Moosehead Junction Township and Squaretown Township with a transmission corridor extending into either Moxie Gore or The Forks Plantation to reach a grid connection at Route 201.
Project Size: 24 turbines/79.2 Megawatts (potential based on current turbine standards)
Turbine Equipment: TBD – Turbine mode TBD – most likely medium velocity Siemens or Vesta turbines.
Turbine Nameplate Capacity – 3.45 megawatt (de-rated to 3.3 megawatts)
(Nameplate is the megawatt output rating of an industrial turbine operating at 100% of capacity. On average, turbines in Maine operate at 27%-30% of nameplate capacity. For example, Somerset Wind at 100% capacity would generate 85.5 megawatts annually, but actual capacity will range from 23 to 26 megawatts annually.)
Turbine hub height: 300 feet (approximate)
Turbine blade length: 192 feet (approximate)
Turbine height to blade tip: 492 feet (approximate)