Cape & Islands Energy Information Clearinghouse

A Community Resource Developed Through The Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative

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Pressing Questions

How Can I Cut My Costs?
How Can I Go Green?
Why All the Interest in Wind?
How Do I Tap the Sun?
What's Going On in My Town?
How Can I Make a Difference?

Decision-Making Tools

Tips for Using Energy Wisely
Tips for Buying Power
Cleaner & Green Incentives
Green Pages Business Directory
Electricity 101
More...

Sustainable Solutions

Efficiency
Wind
Solar
Ocean
Bioenergy
Green Building
Clean Fuels
More...

Community Initiatives

CIGoGreen Campaign
Municipal Wind Projects
"Beyond Cape Wind" Process
Cape Cod Policy & Planning
Vineyard Energy Project
RenewableFuels Partnership
Map of the Cape and Islands

Don't be left in the dark!

 

Explore the options.

Weigh the tradeoffs.

Make your own decisions.

        This page was last updated Tuesday April 07, 2009


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This website is being developed through the Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative (CIRenew). Its framework was created under a community planning grant award from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC). The Clearinghouse provides a central location for the collection, classification, and distribution of data, information, and tools addressing energy supply and use in the Cape & Islands region, both now and in the future.
  • Project management and content development: Chris Powicki, Water Energy & Ecology Information Services
  • Web design/development and content development: Dick Elkin
  • Graphic design: Elizabeth Hooper, Hooper Design
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