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Cassandra's Energy Research

Hi, My name is Cassandra Sumera.  Here is the results of my sustainable energy and communinty supported agriculture research from my summer internship with Planet-TECH Associates.

Here's a key to the map below:

Red is CSA | Lime Green is Hydro | Purple is Wind | Orange is Solar

Click on the colored map drops to see more info about the item, or click on the category links to a full listing.

Energy Projects Map

List of Energy Projects

Category Titlesort descending Highlights
Hydro Alternatives Unlimited, Inc.-John Whitin Mill green bldg

The project is expected to receive a silver rating from the LEED rating system.

Solar Beverly High School Solar Gardens

The project is the country's oldest running solar array in the United States dates back to its completion date in 1981.

Solar Alternatives Unlimited solar/geothermal feas. study 2007

The solar panels are able to generate 80% of alternative's energy and all of its heating.

Solar Artists For Humanity Epicenter Project

The system is currently the largest PV array in Boston.

Solar Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant

Ashburnham is one of 15 Massachusetts municipal utilities that funded the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company's Berkshire Wind Power, LLC, project - a 15-megawatt facility located in Western Massachusetts.

CSA Bay End Farm

Bay End Farm was originally founded in 1906.

CSA Bear Hill Farm

Bear Hill Farm is family owned and operated. It has been in the family since 1917.

Wind Beaver Ridge Wind Project

Beaver Ridge wind is Maine's second commercial wind farm and te first in the Central Maine Power Company service territory.

Wind Berkshire Wind Power

Berkshire Wind Power should generate enough energy to power 5,000 homes.

CSA Brookfield Farm

Brookfield farm was the third community supported farm in the United States.

Wind Cape Wind

If built would be America’s first offshore wind farm.

CSA Caretaker Farm

On the farm there is a 9.9 photovoltaic system added in 2008, that provides 90 percent of the farm's electricity.

Solar Centerville Elementary School

The solar array saves 17.8% of the energy.

Hydro Great Stone Dam Hydroelectric Renovation

Great Stone Dam Hydroelectric Renovation has been in operation since 1981.

Solar Heritage Place, LLC
Wind Hull Wind

Hull wind is the first commercial wind turbine on the eastern U.S. coastline.

Hydro Hydro Power in North Hartland Vermont

The North Hartland Lake Project provides flood protection for Hartland, Windsor, Weathersfield, Springfield, and Rockingham, and the New Hampshire communities of Plainfield, Cornish, Claremont, Charlestown, and Walpole.

CSA Intervale Community Farm

Intervale farms currently consists of 11 different farms.

Wind Jericho Mountain Ridge

The Jericho Mountain Ridge Project is the first wind farm in The state of new Hampshire.

Wind Kibby Mountain Wind Project

http://www.maineaudubon.org/news/c070605_kibby.shtml, The project received the support of the environmental group NRCM (Maine Audubon and the Appalachian Mountain Club), they made arrangements with transcanada to have conservation arrangements and to fund new wildlife studies. Transcanada agreed to conduct studies of bird mortality and share results with environmental groups, also they agreed to contribute $500,000 to permanent conservation of 750 acres habitat in Maine's Mahoosuc Mountain range.

Wind Lempster Wind Project

The Lempster wind project is the first large scale commercial wind farm in new Hampshire.

CSA Luna Bleu Farm

The Luna Bleu farms has been in operation since 1993.

CSA Mahaiwe Harvest

Mahaiwe Harvest is a continuation of the first independent supporting consumers group in the United States which began in 1985.

Wind Mars Hill Wind Farm

Mars hill wind farm is the largest wind power production facility in the state of Maine.

Wind Medford Wind

The Medford Wind Turbine is the first commercial-scale wind turbine installed at a municipal school in Massachusetts.

Solar Minute Man Regional High School

The High school provides programs for students from 16 different districts.

Solar Nevada Solar One

Nevada Solar One is the third largest concentrated solar power plant in the world.

Wind Oakfield Wind Project

If completed the Oakfield wind project will Maine's only industrial wind development visible from Interstate 95.

Hydro Pepperell Hydro

Pepperell Hydro was formally the primary electricity supply for Pepperell Paper Company's paper mill.

Solar Rohm and Haas
Solar Rutland Solar Power Project

The project was approved by the State Public service Board.

Wind Searsburg Wind Project

Searsburg Wind Project is New England's first commercial-scale, utility-class wind energy project.

Hydro Sheldon Springs Hydroelectric Project

The Sheldon Springs Project was originally created in the 1980's as a paper mill.

Solar Solar Brightfield

The project is New England's largest solar array.

Solar Solectria Renewables LLC Solar PV System

Solectria was founded in 1989 as an electric vehicle manufacturer.

Solar Staple Distribution Center

The largest solar power system in New England (according to article from 2007).

Solar The Berlin Project

It is the largest solar power project in Vermont

Wind Town of Portsmouth Wind Turbine Project

The turbine is located at the high school and may be the first Clean Renewable Energy Bond funded wind project to be completed in New England.

Wind Vinalhaven Wind Power

Vinalhaven wind power is Maine's first island wind-power project.

The Fox islands project is the largest coastal wind power facility in New England.
It is also the second largest facility along the East coast of the United States.

Solar Westminster Solar Project

The Westminster project is the second largest solar power project in Vermont.

Solar Williamstown Elementary School

The school was one of the original Green Schools.

CSA Willow Pond Farm

Willow Pond Farm is the first CSA project in Maine.

Solar Wilson language Training Corporation

The project is the largest active solar panel in Worcester County, and the seventh-largest system in Massachusetts.

Solar Woburn Memorial High School

The solar system will provide 25% of the school's energy.