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Here you will find information about the New England wind project, Massachusetts Planned Customer-Sited Wind Projects. You can locate other New England wind projects on our Google Map.
Massachusetts Planned Customer-Sited Wind Projects
MA United States
Type: Customer Sited (100 kW+) Status: Planned Discussion:Customer-sited wind projects in Massachusetts gained further traction with businesses and communities actively seeking to develop projects consisting of one or two commercial-scale wind turbines.
Cape Cod Community College
Cape Cod Community College has issued a request for proposals for turbine procurement and is ready to initiate the construction process once the turbine has been purchased. Catamount Ski Area
Considering installing a turbine of 1 MW or less. Falmouth Hospital
Plans to explore the feasibility of installing a utility-scale wind turbine (500kW to 2000 kW) on its campus in Falmouth. Gloucester Office Building
Planning to install a 100-kW wind turbine. Housing Land Trust of Cape Cod (Barnstable)
Will use its feasibility study to analyze the technical and economic aspects of installing up to 250 kW of wind power at the
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Became the first to integrate wind power into its energy strategy when it completed the installation of a GE 1.5-MW turbine at
its Hancock facility in mid-July 2007. The Resort dedicated the turbine in a public ceremony on August 15th.
MBTA
The MBTA is expecting to install a 1.5-MW project by 2010. Manchester Athletic Club
The Manchester Athletic Club is currently assessing the feasibility of installing either a 600-kW or 1.5-MW turbine at its Manchester-by-the-Sea facility. Sandwich
A 3-MW project in Sandwich is expected to be operational in 2013. Staples in Framingham
The development at Staples in Framingham has recently been terminated due to insufficient wind speeds. After receiving a design and construction grant from MTC. Templeton Municipal Light & Water Co.
The Templeton Municipal Light & Water Co., Ipswich Municipal Light Plant, and Berkshire Electric Cooperative collectively released a request for proposals for turbine procurement through MMWEC in August 2008. Results of the request for proposals for these three entities have not been announced yet. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head is currently pursuing a 3.75-MW project in Aquinnah that has a target operational date of 2011.
In January 2009, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative announced its most recent grant recipients under the 6th (and possibly final) round of the Large On-Site Renewables Initiative (LORI). LORI awards grant funding for either design and construction or feasibility studies. Round 6 design and construction grant winners included four wind projects: shellfish cultivator and processor Aquacultural Research Corporation of Dennis (600 kW), Berkshire East Ski Resort of Charlemont (600 kW), MBTA's Kingston Station facility (100 kW), and Upper Cape Regional Technical High School in Bourne (2 MW). Round 6 feasibility study grant winners included eleven wind projects: City of Boston: Moon Island (100 kW to 2 MW), the Town of Chatham (50 kW to 225 kW), the Town of Hamilton (600 kW to 1.5 MW), the Town of Mashpee (100 kW to 2 MW), Masonic Health System in Charlton (1.5 MW), Northern Pines Farm in Tisbury (900 kW), Pocasset Golf Club (100 to 250 kW), Pumpkin Pond Farm in Nantucket (35 to 250 kW), Saint Joseph's Abbey in Spencer (600 kW to 2 MW), Tufts University Veterinary School in Grafton and Westborough (600 kW to 2 MW), and the Town of Wareham (1.5 MW). Project Content Last Updated: 7/14/2009
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