Wind farm receives DOE loan guarantee
WESTERN MAINE - The Department of Energy said it has offered a conditional $102 million loan guarantee to support a wind farm in Maine.
The financial aid will support the Record Hill wind project, a 50.1 megawatt wind power plant and transmission line in Maine.
The project is being developed and managed by Wagner Wind Energy of New Hampshire and Independence Wind of Maine. Record Hill is sponsored by the Yale University endowment fund.
Under loan guarantees, the federal government agrees to pay portions of private loans in case the companies default.
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The wind farm, known as the Blooming Grove Wind Farm, is being developed by Invenergy, a company based in Chicago that develops wind, solar and other power projects. WEC Energy has invested in several wind farms developed by Invenergy.
With the agreement announced Monday, WEC Energy will have invested more than $1.2 billion in wind farms in the Midwest. The power from the wind farms is sold to other utilities or companies, and the projects…
