Kibby Mountain

Infobox Mountain
Name = Kibby Mountain
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Elevation = convert|3654|ft|m|0
Prominence = convert|2260|ft|m|-1 [Key col elevation between 1,380 and 1,400 feet.]
Location = Franklin County, Maine, USA
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Coordinates = coord|45|25.12|N|70|32.66|W |type:mountain_region:US |display=title,inline
Topographic
USGS "Kibby Mountain"
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Listing = #26 New England Fifty Finest

Kibby Mountain is a mountain located in Franklin County, Maine, about 3.5 miles (6 km) east of the Canada-United States border. Kibby Mountain is flanked to the southeast by Spencer Bale Mountain.

Kibby Mountain stands within the watershed of the Kennebec River, which drains into the Gulf of Maine.The north side of Kibby Mtn. drains into the East Branch of the Moose River, thence into the South Branch of the Moose, the Moose River, and the Kennebec River.The west side of Kibby Mtn. drains into Caribou Flow, thence into the South Branch of the Moose River.The southwest end of Kibby Mtn. drains into the Middle Branch of Kibby Stream, thence into Spencer Stream and the Dead River, another tributary of the Kennebec.The southeast side of Kibby Mtn. drains into the West Branch of Spencer Stream.

Kibby Wind Power Project

In the mid 1990s, Kibby Mountain entered the public spotlight when a wind farm was proposed for the mountain and neighboring peaks. The project was subject to much public debate in the 1990s and 2000s and was revised repeatedly. cite news
url= http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=138383&ac=PHnws
title= Wind-farm foes lack numbers this time
last= Jespersen | first= Betty
date= 2007-10-04 | work= Portland Press Herald |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] TransCanada Corporation's third proposal, in 2006, was for forty-four 3-megawatt (MW) wind turbines strung along the ridges of Kibby Mtn. and nearby Kibby Range. While still opposed by the advocacy group Friends of the Boundary Mountains, other environmental groups including the Appalachian Mountain Club, Maine Audubon, and Natural Resources Council of Maine announced their support for the project in 2007. [cite web
url= http://www.maineaudubon.org/news/c070605_kibby.shtml
title= Environmental Organizations Announce Support for Proposed Kibby Mountain Wind-Power Project in Maine
date= 2007-06-05 | publisher= Maine Audubon
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] Among other conditions, TransCanada agreed not to develop wind facilities on approximately convert|1324|acre of land above convert|2700|ft near the project area.

On January 15, 2008, Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) unanimously approved TransCanada's preliminary development plan and rezoning request for convert|2367|acre. [ cite news
url= http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=MW&Date=20080115&ID=8040524&Symbol=TRP
title= Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission Recommends Approval of TransCanada's Kibby Wind Power Project
date= 2008-01-15 | publisher= Market Wire
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] The commission rejected another, smaller wind power project on Black Nubble [cite news
url= http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/01/14/regulators_open_debate_two_w_maine_wind_power_projects/
title= Regulators OK Kibby wind plan, reject Black Nubble
last= Adams | first= Glenn
date= 2008-01-14 | work= | publisher= Associated Press
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] but concluded that the Kibby mountains have "relatively low use by the public, and these mountains have not been designated as having regionally scenic significance." cite news
url= http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/030058.html
title= Kibby Mountain wind farm gets final approval
date= 2008-07-10 | publisher= Associated Press
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] The LURC gave final approval on July 10, 2008.

The wind farm — at a capacity of 132 MW, prospectively New England's largest [cite web
url= http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=166911&zoneid=500
title= State approves Kibby wind farm project
date= 2008-07-10 | work= Bangor Daily News |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] — is expected to generate about 357 million kilowatt-hours (41 MW·yr) of electricity annually. TransCanada expects to have about half the turbines operational in late 2009, and the remainder in 2010. [ cite web
url= http://www.transcanada.com/company/kibby.html
title= Kibby Wind Power
date= 2008-07-09 | publisher= TransCanada Corporation
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ] The capital cost of the project has grown to approximately US $320 million. [cite news
url= http://www.transcanada.com/news/2008_news/20080709.html
title= Kibby Wind Power Project Receives LURC Approval
date= 2008-07-09 | publisher= TransCanada Corp.
accessdate= 2008-08-21 ]

References

See also

* List of mountains in Maine
* Wind power in Maine

External links

*
* [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6791 PeakBagger.com: Kibby Mountain]

*cite web
url= http://www.transcanada.com/company/kibby.html
title= Kibby Wind Power
date= 2008-07-09 | publisher= TransCanada Corporation
accessdate= 2008-08-21