Baldacci was speaking in Spain during a trip to Europe to promote deals with wind developers and equipment manufacturers.

He held meetings in Madrid with companies including EDP, Iberdrola, Acciona and Gamesa, and visited Iberdrola’s CORE control centre in Toledo before moving on to Zaragoza.

Officials travelling with Baldacci reveal that the state has found a solution to grid constraints, allowing Horizon to go ahead with the 800-megawatt (MW) Aroostook project in northern Maine, which will be one of the biggest in eastern US.

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