Commercial operations begin at Maine wind project

First Wind, a Newton wind power company, said today that it marked "the achievement of commercial operations" for its Stetson Wind project in Washington County, Maine.

Stetson Wind will have the capacity to generate clean, wind energy to power about 23,500 New England homes per year, the company said.

"Stetson Wind, a 57 megawatt wind project, will surpass First Wind's Mars Hill facility as the largest wind energy project in operation in the State of Maine and in New England," the company said in a press release. "The project consists of 38 General Electric 1.5 megawatt wind turbines, and will have the capacity to generate approximately 167 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity every year."

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(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)