Despite appeal of wind energy, projects have foes (Maine)

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Stetson Mountain is more ridgeline than mountain, running like a backbone for six miles through the rolling hills that dominate Washington County’s northernmost border with Canada.

Moderate winds sweep across those hills from Canada and pick up speed as they zoom up Stetson Mountain, which at roughly 1,100 feet is among the tallest ridges in this sparsely peopled corner of Maine.

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Sometime next year, 38 wind turbines — each standing about 390 feet tall from base to blade tip — would begin spinning atop the Stetson ridgeline if Evergreen Wind Power’s vision comes to fruition.

The wind farm, which would be New England’s largest if constructed today, would generate enough pollution-free energy to power 27,500 Maine households and help avert more than 100,000 tons of air pollution annually, according to the developer.

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