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assistance to schools, communities, and businesses in western Massachusetts and other regions. CET was funded to conduct a solar initiative to identify and overcome the barriers to expanding the use of solar energy in the Berkshire/western Massachusetts region. Through public forums, workshops, tours, school programs, technical assistance, and special events associated with solar installations, CET plans to educate the public about solar energy technologies and promote their use in the region. 2. Technical Approach 2.1 Public Education, Technical Assistance, and Consumer Choice CET, in partnership with the Berkshire Renewable Energy Collaborative, a group of educators and community and organizational leaders who play a unique and vital role in guiding and promoting renewable energy use in Berkshire region, conducts solar energy workshops, public forums and solar tours. The Center maintains a Website with region-specific and practical information about solar energy and produces informational displays for public events. In addition, CET provides solar energy education targeted to youth (by training teachers to integrate solar energy into curriculum), conducts after-school programs, and coordinates special events such as the Junior Solar Sprint. Finally, CET provides technical assistance to groups/people with potential sites for PV installations and provides interactive real-time displays for PV installations at schools and public buildings. CET connects people to their source of energy and links education with action through GreenerWatts New England, which is offered by the Massachusetts Electric Company through its “GreenUp” program. This allows residents and small businesses to directly support local renewable energy. Organizations with small PV systems generally do not have anyone on staff with the knowledge to register and market their Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), and, thus do not receive additional income that would result in a shorter payback period for PV systems. (RECs are tradable units that represent the commodity formed by unbundling the environmental attributes of a unit of renewable energy from the underlying electricity.) CET assists local electricity generators in certifying RECs. CET is also testing whether a “competition” among towns for the highest percentage of residents choosing renewable electricity is an effective way to promote solar energy. As an incentive, CET offers PV installations at feasible sites selected by the winning municipality. 2.2 Solar Installations CET has funding from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to write down the cost of installing PV systems at highly visible locations in the Berkshire region where a solar project would provide environment, economic and educational benefits to the host and general public. CET also received support from the USDA to identify opportunities for energy efficiency and renewable energy through a Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education grant. 3. Results and Accomplishments In the first two quarters of the earmark, CET staff concentrated mainly on identifying high-profile sites for PV installations, because their whole approach to outreach and education was based on identifying good sites and convincing hosts to support those installations. This took much technical assistance and outreach. Farmers were identified as hosts, as were schools, institutions, and municipalities. Seven sites were identified for solar PV installations, and technical assistance was provided to: • Conte Community School, Pittsfield • Gould Farm, Monterey • Howden Farm, Sheffield • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams • McCann Technical Vocational School, North Adams • Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington • Williams College, Williamstown. CET also worked with the Williamstown Elementary School to facilitate a contract with Conservation Services Group, Inc., for the purchase of the RECs generated by the elementary school’s 24-kW PV system.PDF Image | FY 2004 ANNUAL REPORT DOE Solar
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