Project Description

Reed & Reed was selected to build New England’s largest wind power project in Bingham, Maine. As the EPC contractor Reed & Reed built the 56 turbine 185 mw project for Sun Edison and the scope included sitework, collector system, 56 concrete foundations, project substation, 18 miles of 115 kva transmission line and erection of the 56 Vestas V-112 3.3 mw turbines on 94 meter (308 ft) towers.

The project is divided into two areas, with 36 turbines located North of Route 16 and 20 turbines to the South.  Reed & Reed had two top out crews working with its two Manitowoc M16000 cranes with special boom raising systems (BRS) to erect the taller towers.

Reed & Reed’s scope included the construction of:

  • Sitework and access roads/crane paths
  • Wind Turbine Foundations
  • 5 kV Collection System
  • Collector Substation
  • Transmission Line
  • Wind Turbine Erection

Location:            Bingham, Maine
Owner:                SunEdison
Completed:        2016
Contractor:        Reed & Reed, Inc.