Stetson Wind I

Wind power plant in Maine, United States of America. Approximate location 45.4822, -67.9944.

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Stetson Wind I is a 57 MW wind power plant in Maine, United States of America. It is operated by First Wind O&M LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 119 GWh, it can supply roughly 34,000 homes. It ranks #2594 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 10.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

57MW installed capacity
119GWh reported / yr
34,000homes powered
2009commissioned (~17 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056989.

Reported generation trend

2013: 140 GWh20132014: 136 GWh20142015: 151 GWh20152016: 142 GWh20162017: 124 GWh20172018: 116 GWh20182019: 119 GWh2019151 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by First Wind O&M LLC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 45.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

5.3°Cannual mean temp
4,656heating degree-days (base 18°C)
53cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
159 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -10 °CJF: -8 °CFM: -2 °CMA: 4 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 7 °CON: 1 °CND: -6 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 89% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 92/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #605 largest wind power plant of 1139 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1139 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 104,477 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 45.4822, -67.9944 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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