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The Hummer/Photo Source:Winnepeg Luxury Cars
   Canal Electric Plant/Photo Source: Richard Judge  
Sinking of the Argo Merchant/Photo Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
   Solar Flare/Photo Source: National Optical Astronomy Observatory  
Race Point Photovoltaic Installation/Photo Source: Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation
  
Woods Hole Research Center Ordway Campus Green Building Showcase/Photo Source: Cape Cod Center for Sustainability
  
Another Windy Day at Barnstable-West Barnstable Elementary School/Photo Source: Charlie Powicki
  
Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority's Propane-Fueled Bus/Photo Source: Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority

Electricity Consumption, Costs & Efficiency

Data and information developed through working group processes under the Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative will be used as a basis for developing this section.

Overall electricity consumption continues to grow along with costs, even though efficiency gains are being made in a number of sectors. Some consumption and cost data for Cape Cod developed for the "Cape Cod 2020: Sustainability Indicators Project" are available here (PDF).

Additional use, cost, and efficiency data are to be highlighted below:

Electricity Consumption

  • Overall Load Trends for Cape & Islands Region

Cape Cod

  • Annual Electricity Consumption by Class
  • Summer and Winter Peak Demand
  • Consumption by Town

Martha’s Vineyard

  • Annual Electricity Consumption by Class
  • Summer and Winter Peak Demand
  • Consumption by Town

Nantucket

  • Total Electricity Consumption

Electricity Costs

  • NStar/CLC/customer cost data by county, town, customer class, etc.
  • National Grid/customer cost data by town, customer class, etc.

Efficiency Programs

Cape Cod & Martha’s Vineyard: Cape Light Compact

  • Costs, savings, and environmental benefits by program, county, town, and customer class

Nantucket: National Grid

  • Costs, savings, and environmental benefits by program, county, town, and customer class
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Current Fact

Dirty Roof

Conventional asphalt shingles are
the cheapest roofing material around but, as is usually the case, there is a cost: They are manufactured using petroleum by-products and, once they reach the end of their useful life, they must be landfilled as construction debris or “downcycled” as road materials or in other low-value uses. Credit: Houston Advanced Research Center

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Current Vision

Green Roof

Thatching represents an attractive and sustainable roofing solution. This thatched roof, gracing a barn in Yarmouthport, transforms an invasive wetland plant (Phragmites sp.) into a useful, biodegradable shelter.

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This website is being developed through the Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative (CIREC). Its framework was created under a community planning grant award from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC).

Project management and content development: Chris Powicki, Principal, Water Energy & Ecology Information Services
Web design and development: Kathleen Tyger Wright
Graphic design: Elizabeth Hooper
Grant administration: Megan Amsler, Executive Director, Cape & Islands Self-Reliance Corp.