page_title: Sugarloaf Community Wind Farm
section_title: Public opinion
hierarchical_section_title: Sugarloaf Community Wind Farm / Public opinion
caption_attribution_description: English: These pie charts show the results of a 2006 survey conducted by the Potholm Group of Harpswell, Maine.
context_page_description: The Sugarloaf Community Wind Farm is a wind power project in western Maine under development by Endless Energy Corporation. The wind farm is planned to be situated between the Sugarloaf and the Saddleback Maine ski resorts on Redington Pond Range and Black Nubble Mountains.
  The 30 wind turbine project is estimated to have a cost of $180 million and would have a capacity of over 90 megawatts, enough to power roughly 40,000 Maine homes.
context_section_description: There has been some controversy over the possibility of a wind farm on the Mount Redington area. Numerous positive environmental effects of wind power have been cited, including pollution avoided from electricity generation from fossil fuels as well as the fact that unlike electricity production from fossil fuel power plants such as coal or petroleum, wind power does not need to use water for cooling.
  A survey by the Potholm group in 2006 showed 9:1 statewide public support for a wind farm on Redington Mountain (with a margin of error of 5%). The same survey found that 74% of dues paying members of environmental groups in the state were also in favor.
  However, the boards of various Appalachian Trail affiliates have opposed the project due to its proximity to the trail. Maine Audubon has also expressed concerns for the fragile environment of the mountains of western Maine. The Natural Resources Council of Maine opposed the full project, but supported the cut down Black Nubble version.
caption: In a 2006 survey, Maine residents and environmentalists overwhelmingly supported a wind farm on Redington Mountain
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