Renewable Energy
Cape Wind NEPA Compliance Services
State and federal requirements called for significant new capacity to accommodate future demand, and to enhance fuel source diversity and reliability for electric generating plants serving New England, particularly Southeastern MA, Cape Cod, and the Islands. These requirements pointed towards the siting of an offshore Wind Park in the shallow waters of scenic Nantucket Sound. Policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders alike More...
Geothermal Energy Success Stories
As part of a site design for a new building addition at Wahconah Regional High School in Dalton, MA, Bioengineering Group evaluated three types of geothermal well systems to be used in conjunction with the ground source heat pump for the HVAC system: a vertical closed loop system, a shallow horizontal closed loop system, and a deep standing column well More...
U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Under increased pressure by the Federal Government to reduce fossil fuel energy dependence, the Department of Defense (DOD) released the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA, 2007) and Executive Order 13514 (2009), two directives driving the reduction of fossil fuel usage and integration of renewable energy alternatives and energy efficient building design. EISA 2007 and EO 13514 require newly constructed More...
Wells River Hydro Stream Restoration
Essex Hydro, an electric power generating developer, constructed a 1.10-MW Maximum Demonstrated Capacity hydroelectric plant on the Wells River in Vermont in 1981. The unit was certified as a Renewable Energy Resource in several states. The relatively new hydroelectric-power generation methodology using lower dams was introduced to New England in the early 1980s and eliminated the need for large hydropower More...