Fuels

This section provides data and information on fuel supply and delivery infrastructure and on the use of fuels for electricity generation, transportation, and heating.

Data and information generated by regional sustainability indicators projects and through working group processes developed through the Cape & Islands Sustainable Energy Stakeholder Committee will be used as a basis for developing this section.

The fuels consumed for electricity generation, transportation, and heating in the Cape & Islands region arrive by pipeline, barge, ferry, and truck. This section will address where the fuels come from, how they get here, how they are bought and sold, how they are used, etc. Topics will likely include the following:

Market & Policy Context

• Fuel policy
• Fuel portfolio
• Physical and market infrastructure for fuel oil, natural gas, propane, gasoline, diesel, biodiesel, etc.

Electricity Generation

• Fuel sources – where does the oil, natural gas, coal, diesel, trash, biomass, etc., used in Canal, SEMA ISO region, and New England region come from
• Fuel consumption data by county and town, based on electricity usage
• Other indicators: PV installations; wind proposals

Transportation

• Fuel mix – automobiles, trucks, boats, airplanes, public transportation, etc.
• Fuel sources – where does the fuel come from
• Fuel consumption/cost data
• Economic impacts (capital flight)
• Other indicators: total vehicle registrations, SUVs and hybrids, biodiesel vehicles, CNG vehicles, etc.

Heating/Other End Uses

• Fuel mix – gas, oil, diesel, kerosene, propane, etc.
• Fuel sources – where does it come from
• Fuel consumption/cost data
• Economic impacts
• Other indicators: solar thermal systems, geothermal systems, cogeneration systems

Fuel Efficiency Programs

• Cape Light Compact
• Keyspan
• Heating fuel dealers
• Others

Emissions & Spills

 

Content Guide
Homeowners
Students & Educators
Voters & Taxpayers
Businesses & Organizations
Municipal & Regional Officials
Entrepreneurs, Consultants & Developers

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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