Freedom (Maine) approves wind turbine project

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http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4084612.html

FREEDOM -- After more than a year of debate, members of the town planning board on Thursday night approved a Portland company's bid to erect three electricity generating wind turbines on Beaver Ridge.

But, according to a neighbor who has opposed the project, earning town approval was easier than it will be to get the green light from the state.

The board spent less than an hour deliberating Competitive Energy Services $10 million project, which includes building three, 400-foot wind turbines on property leased from Ron Price.

The board's primary concern focused on proving that Price and the company had a lease in place. The board then had to determine whether the project constituted three separate structures, thus requiring a $300 permit fee, or one, $100 structure.

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edit: it's about time...