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 |
Monday, December 19, 2011
First Wind has obtained $210 million in financing for the company’s subsidiary, Palouse Wind, LLC, the owner of the 105 MW Palouse Wind project located in northern Whitman County, Washington. With financing in place, First Wind will continue on schedule with construction of the largest renewable energy facility in the county with the capacity to generate enough clean energy to power about 30,000 Northwest homes, equal to the total energy load of all of Whitman County. |
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Michele Beasley has joined First Wind as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Ms. Beasley comes to the company with extensive experience in the development and financing of wind and other energy projects. In her role, she will oversee the company’s legal affairs and manage its legal team. |
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission has approved an agreement between First Wind and Hawaiian Electric Company for the utility to purchase renewable energy produced by the proposed 69-megawatt (MW) Kawailoa Wind project on Oahu’s North Shore. |
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Applications will be open and available online as of December 8, 2012 for First Wind's 2012 scholarship program. Entering its third full year, First Wind Scholars will award 16 scholarships to qualified high school seniors in communities where the company currently has projects in operation or advanced stages of development. |
The Blue Planet Foundation, a Hawai‘i-based non-profit dedicated to ending the use of fossil fuels, named renewable energy developer First Wind as the 2011 Honua Award recipient. The company was honored at an event hosted by former Governor George Ariyoshi at Washington Place on Wednesday evening, November 30. |
Monday, November 28, 2011
Joe “EJ” Martin has been promoted to Vice President of Operations. In his newly expanded role, he will be responsible for overseeing the operation and maintenance of all of First Wind’s operating projects in the Northeast, the West and in Hawaii. |
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The turbines will be deployed to projects in development, including 19 to the Bull Hill Wind project in Maine and 58 to the Palouse Wind project in Washington |
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Gov. Shumlin participates in ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate 40 megawatt project that will deliver clean energy to about 15,000 Vermont homes. |
