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Cape
Cod Renewable Fuels Partnership
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Upcoming Events
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| CCRFP meetings are generally held on the fourth Friday of the
month, in the morning.
Visit the CIGoGreen Calendar
for information on the next CCRFP meeting and other energy-related
events.
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The
Cape Cod Renewable Fuels Partnership (CCRFP) is a group of federal
and state officials and agencies, local and county officials and
agencies, and other energy stakeholders brought together by U.S.
Representative William Delahunt and his staff. The CCRFP is committed
to expanding the use of renewable fuels in local communities by
providing a forum to educate potential users and to create opportunities
for funding and collaboration.
CCRFP
participants are cooperatively identifying potential renewable
fuel markets and infrastructure needs for Cape Cod, developing
recommendations and identifying steps required to make the use
of renewable fuels viable, and taking collaborative action to
maximize economic, environmental, and social benefits.
The
CCRFP's focus on biofuels complements and supports a broader effort
by the Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative (CIREC)
to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future throughout
this region.
Partnership
Goals
Participants in the CCRFP have jointly defined the following
goals:
- Develop
and implement a 3-year Strategic Implementation Plan.
- Educate
potential users and potential suppliers to gain acceptance of
renewable fuels and increase demand to decrease cost.
- Inventory
vehicle fleets (including off-road vehicles such as construction
equipment) and identify appropriate potential renewable fuels.
- Include
fuel storage capabilities for the fleets.
- Provide
incentives for fleets to purchase flex-fuel vehicles when feasible.
- Define
costs and benefits of the different fuel possibilities, encompassing
embodied energy, environmental and social impacts, etc.
- Explore
distribution issues.
- Explore
potential to manufacture fuels on Cape Cod and potential development
funding.
- Define
issues and required training for fleet maintenance, operations,
and storage.
- Don't
limit options for the future
- Explore
local fuel source options such as algae, waste cooking oil,
and animal fats.
- Explore
development of partnerships with agricultural areas like western
Massachusetts.
Outline
of Proposed Strategic Implementation Plan
Ongoing
Work
The CCRFP is currently working with Cape Cod communities and other
municipalities to adopt the Declaration of Support for Renewable
Fuels and the U.S. Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement. The documents
identified below were adopted at a November 2006 special town
meeting in Provincetown, and they are being presented to decision-makers
in other communities. As of August 2007,
Truro, Eastham, and Orleans also have signed on to the Declaration
of Support, while Truro is the only other town to have committed
to the U.S. Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement. (Several years
ago, both Falmouth and Barnstable joined the Cities for Climate
Protection Campaign and established climate policy goals.)
CCRFP participants also have succeeded in making biodiesel available
through Barnstable County's fuel procurement program and in getting
the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority to begin using a B20 (20%
biodiesel by volume) mix. The towns of Barnstable, Harwich, and
Provincetown are purchasing biodiesel for municipal vehicles via
the County bid.
CCRFP
participants continue to work together to inform development of
state policies favorable to biofuel producers and consumers, as
well as to conduct education and outreach programs in collaboration
with CIREC participants and other stakeholders.
Declaration
of Support for Renewable Fuels Partnership
Resolution:
US Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement
Contacts
Richard Lawrence
Cape & Islands Self-Reliance
508.563.6633
Clay
Schofield
Cape Cod Commission
508.362.3828
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