Massachusetts Wind Energy Predevelopment Support Program Feasibility Study for Marblehead, Massachusetts

摘要

The Renewable Energy Research Lab (RERL) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst has launched a new program to aid individuals and community groups in performing the preliminary steps leading toward the implementation of a wind energy project. RERL has provided community wind energy support for 20 years and has recently consolidated these services into a program called Wind Energy Predevelopment Support (WEPS). This program is a model for encouraging community-based wind development that has received enthusiastic support throughout the state. A description of the WEPS program is presented in this paper, along with the summary of a wind energy feasibility study for a community in Massachusetts.