The opening of a wind turbine at the Country Gardens is the harbinger of a new
trend. Cape Cod Community College is proceeding with a
600kW wind turbine.
The town's website is available here.
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NStar provides power delivery services to all Barnstable electricity consumers. The table and charts below depict
electricity consumption in (in kWh) in Barnstable from 2003 to 2007 and show the types of usage. The information
is provided courtesy of NSTAR.
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Year |
2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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Residential |
226,198,506 |
223,068,940 |
229,347,444 |
218,790,151 |
223,339,433 |
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Commercial / Industrial |
196,524,477 |
196,390,576 |
202,930,726
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191,869,310 |
194,931,802
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1,538,776 |
1,453,714 |
1,444,955
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1,446,368 |
1,453,078
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The Cape Light Compact (CLC) tracks information on all its energy efficiency programs on a town-by-town basis.
For Barnstable, the Cape Light Compact efficiency
report shows an annual kWh savings of 2,348,766 kWh in 2008 as a result of the various CLC energy efficiency
programs.
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The production data below is based on information from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) collected
in support of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). RECs are tradable environmental commodities in the United States
and represent proof that a specified amount of electricity was generated from an eligible renewable energy resource.
Photovoltaic and wind energy producers that do not participate in the RECs program are not represented in the data.
The information is valid as of the end of 2007.
The charts below show a growing amount of photovoltaic energy being produced within Barnstable from an increasing
number of sites.
Click here to review photovoltaic energy production for all towns on
the Cape & Islands..
As part of the Cape Light Compact's
"Solarize
Our Schools!" campaign, a 2kW solar photovoltaic (PV) systems was installed at the Barnstable High School.
The solar panel at the school shows the daily, weekly, and monthly
solar panel performance.
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At the end of 2007, Barnstable had no net metered wind energy production.
Country Gardens
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The Country Gardens, a Hyannis nursery, has installed one of the first Northwind 100 wind turbines built
by Northern Power of Barre, Vt. The turbine is rated at 100 kW. The turbine is 156 feet tall, to the top
of the blade at its highest point.
Both the US Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) have grant
programs designed to support wind projects like this. The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
provided $225,00 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provided $47,500 to offset the
cost of
the $400,000-plus project. The project is expected to have a pay back period of five to
seven years and reduce the electric utility bills for the Country Garden $30,000 a year . On
days with high enough winds, the electric meter at Country Garden actually will run backward, and the
turbine feeds surplus energy back into the grid. Besides cutting Country Garden's electric costs the
turbine will reduce carbon dioxide emissions that otherwise would be generated by 100 tons a year.
The turbine was installed by Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. (SED), an Ontario, NY based company.
The turbine is a passively-cooled, permanent magnet, direct drive generator eliminating a gearbox and
transmission. It has noise levels measured at 50 dB, which echo the sounds of normal conversation or
soft music.
The photo at the right is courtesy of Cape Cod Today.
Click here to review wind energy production for all towns
on the Cape & Islands.
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Cape Cod Community College (CCCC) has received a grant of $2,433,000 from the Massachusetts Technology
Collaborative to install a 600 kW wind turbine at the College’s campus in Barnstable, Massachusetts.
This project is unique in that the MTC is funding the entire installation because this project is supported
through the Low Income Initiative. Both the CCCC and the Massachusetts Low Income Energy Affordability Network
(LEAN) will benefit from this project for twenty years. CCCC will operate and maintain the turbine and pay
a discounted rate for the electricity produced by the wind turbine. CCCC’s electricity payment will pass onto
LEAN which will use the funds for the installation of residential-scale, alternative energy solutions and for
“gap-filling” home repairs that allow low income clients to be eligible for weatherization programs. MTC will
also sell the project’s renewable energy certificates and pass this revenue onto LEAN to support the same low
income programs.
The college's wind turbine project has moved forward with site approval realized, specifications approved,
bids received.
For an overview of wind energy on the Cape & Islands, click here.
For more information on wind projects in other communities, click
here.
For the status of community wind projects in other towns, click here.
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Martha's Vineyard
For information on the energy situation on Martha's Vineyard,
click here
| Aquinnah | Chilmark | Edgartown | Oak Bluffs | Tisbury | West Tisbury | Nantucket | Nantucket |
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