Wind Power Will It Get Off the Ground This Time? ; After Years of False Starts, the Forecast has Never Been Better for the Right Mix of Money, Location and Public Acceptance.

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Harley Lee started Endless Energy Corp. in 1987 to develop wind power projects in Maine and New England.

"I wanted to save the planet and make a living," he said recently.

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Wind Power Will It Get Off the Ground This Time? ; After Years of False Starts, the Forecast has Never Been Better for the Right Mix of Money, Location and Public Acceptance.

So far, neither has happened.

Lee got close in 1994. He had turbines sitting in a parking lot at the Sugarloaf ski area. Then the manufacturer ran into financial trouble.

Lee has only one installation to show for 18 years of work - a lone turbine in Orland, partially funded by a government grant, that sends electricity to a blueberry grower.

Lee's experience is emblematic of the overall failure in Maine to develop even one utility-scale wind energy project. The track record isn't mu...

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