Cape Cod Community College Awarded $2.433 Million from Trust for Wind Turbine

February 28, 2008

As announced in a press release from Senate President Therese Murray and Senator Robert O'Leary, 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 our 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.