[CPEO-BIF] Cape and Vineyard, Massachusetts solar landfill deal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

American Capital Energy awarded $85 million contract by Cape and  
Vineyard Electric Cooperative

New England Real Estate Journal
June 24, 2011

Barnstable, MA - American Capital Energy, Inc. (ACE) was awarded a  
landfill contract to construct $85 million, 18.2 MW of solar  
generating facilities by Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative.

The project will convert town owned property and landfills in six  
Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard communities into solar farms which  
will produce approximately 25% of the energy needs of the  
participating communities.

Mark Sylvia, commissioner of the Mass. Department of Energy  
Resources, said, "This is a significant game-changing model."

The project is projected to save participating towns $1.42 million in  
energy costs in the first year.

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For the entire article, see
http://nerej.com/48404

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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