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| PRESS RELEASE: FIRST WIND AWARDS THREE SCHOLARSHIPS TO NEW YORK STUDENTS |
| Steven Conrad, Matthew Mehlenbacher and Katherine Landahl are each recipients of a one-time scholarship of $3,000 through the First Wind Scholars program |
| 07/26/2010 |
First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, today announced that recent graduates Steven Conrad and Matthew Mehlenbacher from Wayland-Cohocton High School in Wayland and Katherine Landahl from Frontier Central Senior High School in Hamburg, have each received $3,000 scholarships as part of the 2010 First Wind Scholars program. In total, eleven scholarships have been awarded to college-bound students in communities where the company currently has a project in operation or in an advanced stage of development.
Launched in October 2009, First Wind Scholars offers one-time $3,000 scholarships to support local high school students who display strong potential for a successful college experience, as well as interest in the environment, energy, or the sciences. Successful applicants were chosen based on a number of factors, including: academic performance, standardized test scores, community service activity and a 300-word essay.
Steven Conrad of Dansville will use his scholarship toward tuition at the University of Rochester this fall to study Civil Engineering. Matthew Mehlenbacher of Wayland, will enter SUNY-Potsdam this fall where he intends to study Biology. Katherine Landahl of Lake View will use her scholarship toward tuition at Canisius College in Buffalo, where she will begin her studies in Chemistry this fall. First Wind owns and operates two projects in New York including the 125 MW Cohocton Wind project in Cohocton and the 20 MW Steel Winds project in Lackawanna.
To get more information on First Wind Scholars, visit www.firstwind.com/scholarships.
About First Wind
First Wind is an independent wind energy company exclusively focused on the development, financing, construction, ownership and operation of utility-scale wind projects in the United States. Based in Boston, First Wind has wind projects in the Northeast, the West and in Hawaii, with the capacity to generate up to 504 megawatts of power. For more information on First Wind, please visit www.firstwind.com or follow us on Twitter @FirstWind.
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For more information, contact:
John Lamontagne
Director, Corporate Communications
First Wind
617-960-9521
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