Greenbacker Renewable Energy has purchased the rights to a 15.3-megawatt planned wind project in Roxbury, Maine.
The RoxWind project was developed by Palmer Management Corp. and other parties, according to Greenbacker. It is contracted to sell electricity through long-term offtake agreements with four local municipal utilities.
Following the deal, Greenbacker will own 192.5 megawatts of wind facilities, 338.6 megawatts of utility-scale and distributed solar facilities, and 12 megawatts of biomass facilities.
“This has been a cooperative effort with our Maine and Massachusetts partners, Horseshoe Valley Wind and Solaya Energy, as well as the Town of Roxbury which has been supportive of our efforts to bring a small wind farm on line in Roxbury,” said Gordon Deane, president of developer Palmer Management. “We expect this trans
