About The Record Hill Wind Project

Record Hill Wind is a 50.6 megawatt wind project consisting of 22 Siemens SWT-2.3-93 turbines arrayed along the ridgeline that connects Partridge Peak, Record Hill, and Flathead Mountain. Project Map The electrical output of the project is estimated to be approximately 122 million kilowatt hours per year, nearly equivalent to the electricity needs of every household in Oxford County.

RHW began in 2007 as a partnership between Independence Wind and Wagner Forest Management. Over the next two years RHW held at least 27 public meetings to ensure that the residents of Oxford County were well informed about the project. Two town-wide votes affirmed local support for the project. The Department of Environmental Protection of the State of Maine granted approval to RHW to begin project construction in August 2009. The project's primary phase of construction will begin in Spring 2011, with turbine delivery occurring in late summer. RHW expects the wind farm to begin producing green energy by the end of 2011.

About Independence Wind

Founded by Robert Gardiner and Angus King, Independence Wind combines environmental and political skills to support wind project development in Maine. IW is currently developing a second wind project in Highland Plantation, Maine.

Robert Gardiner has a strong background in environmental and energy policy from his work as Advocacy Center Director in Maine for the Conservation Law Foundation (2004-2007), as Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (1978-1983), and as Chairman and Director of the National Wildlife Federation Board of Directors (1990-1992). From 1988-2002 he served as President of Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation, a statewide non-profit company.

Angus King is a former two-term Governor of Maine (1995-2003). As Governor, he supported conservation, education technology, and budgetary discipline. Before his election as Governor, he was Vice President and Legal Counsel for Swift River Hafslund, an energy development company that successfully completed Greenville Steam Inc., a wood energy project, as well as multiple hydro-energy projects in Maine and elsewhere in New England. He created Northeast Energy Management, an energy efficiency company, in 1989 and served as its CEO until 1994. While there, Northeast Energy successfully completed projects that produced energy savings of 48 million KWh per year.

About Wagner Forest Management

Wagner Forest Management, Ltd. (WFM) of Lyme, New Hampshire is a 54-year-old company with 65 employees who manage large tracts of timberland in the northeastern United States and Canada on behalf of a select group of private and institutional clients. WFM sustainably manages the timberland tract surrounding the Record Hill Wind project site. WFM’s core management principles rest on the conviction that sustainable utilization of renewable resources will create long term value for the company and its clients. Renewable energy and the jobs that projects such as Record Hill Wind create are of vital importance to the future of our communities.

About the Yale Endowment

The Yale Endowment invests in a broad range of assets, including public and private equity, real estate, and fixed income, and has supported investments in renewable energy and green technology for many years. You may find more information on Yale's Endowment here.