Pattern Energy Group (Pattern Development) has announced it has acquired from SunEdison the development rights to the proposed 600MW King Pine Wind power project.
King Pine Wind is a 600MW wind power project currently under development in north-eastern Maine, located in Aroostook and Penobscot Counties. The project will utilise 174 turbines and will interconnect to the ISO New England at Emera Maine's proposed 345 kV Hammond substation. King Pine Wind is expected to begin full construction in 2018 and reach commercial operation in 2020.