Wind Turbine Components Arrive at Searsport for Bull Hill Wind Power Plant

The Danish-made components for 19 wind turbine towers have arrived at Searsport and will be stored there until their blades arrive from Colorado. From there, all parts will be moved by flatbed truck to the site in Hancock County called "Bull Hill Wind", where they will be installed to generate 34 megawatts of power. 

“We can’t stress enough the economic benefits of these projects,” Pat DeFilipp of Reed & Reed said at a wind-buffeted press conference on the bulk dock. “We’ll spend 150,000 work hours on this project. That’s several million dollars worth of payroll.”

Read more in Mainebiz and in the Bangor Daily News.