Biofuels have been around as long as cars have.

A biofuel is a fuel that contains energy from geologically recent carbon fixation. These fuels are produced from living organisms.

Generating Electricity from Wing Waves.

Wind turbines, like windmills, are mounted on a tower to capture the most energy. At 100 feet (30 meters) or more aboveground, they can take advantage of the faster and less turbulent wind.

Producing electricity from solar energy.

Solar energy is a free, inexhaustible resource, yet harnessing it is a relatively new idea. The ability to use solar power for heat was the first discovery.

Turbines catch the wind's energy with their propeller-like blades.

A blade acts much like an airplane wing. When the wind blows, a pocket of low-pressure air forms on the downwind side of the blade.

Solar energy may have had great potential

Solar technology advanced to roughly its present design in 1908 when William J. Bailey of the Carnegie Steel Company invented a collector with an insulated box and copper coils.

We have been harnessing the wind's energy for hundreds of years.

For utility-scale sources of wind energy, a large number of wind turbines are usually built close together to form awind plant.

Biofuels are produced from living organisms.

In order to be considered a biofuel the fuel must contain over 80 percent renewable materials.

Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth.

Resources of geothermal energy range from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles beneath the Earth's surface, and down even deeper to the extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma.

Geothermal heat pumps can tap into this resource to heat and cool buildings.

A geothermal heat pump system consists of a heat pump, an air delivery system (ductwork), and a heat exchanger-a system of pipes buried in the shallow ground near the building.

In the future, civilization will be forced to research and develop alternative energy sources.

Possession of surplus energy is, of course, a requisite for any kind of civilization, for if man possesses merely the energy of his own muscles, he must expend all his strength - mental and physical - to obtain the bare necessities of life.

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Monday, January 12, 2015

2015 Solarize Mass Installer Rfp Plainfield Ashfield Buckland Re Bid

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The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), is requesting proposals from solar photovoltaic (PV) installers to bid on the community group of Plainfield-Ashfield-Buckland in support of MassCEC's Solarize Massachusetts program.

MassCEC is requesting proposals from solar PV installers to offer competitive tiered pricing and quality solar PV installations to customers under the Solarize Mass Program. Installers will be required to provide a direct-purchase option, and may also choose to offer a lease, power purchase agreement, or other innovative financing model for residential and small-scale commercial solar PV installations. Installer proposals will be evaluated by the selected Community representatives and a technical consultant, in partnership with MassCEC and DOER. The final selection will be based on overall quality of the proposal, including but not limited to, the installer's ability to provide quality customer service and installation services, ability to partner with the community, and competitive pricing.

THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS IS 11:59 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015. Please submit all completed proposals to solarize@masscec.com. Proposals submitted after this time will not be accepted

MassCEC recommends that installers submit their proposals in advance of the deadline, in order to minimize the risk of submitting a proposal after the deadline, and losing eligibility to participate.

Below are the solicitation documents and timeline for the RFP Process. Please read all program documents carefully.

2015 SOLARIZE MASSACHUSETTS RFP RE-BID SCHEDULE



TIMELINE


Solarize Mass Installer RFP for Plainfield-Ashfield-Buckland Re-Bid Announced

March 25, 2015

Installer Proposals for Plainfield-Ashfield-Buckland Re-Bid Due

April 15, 2015

Community Review, Installer Interview

End April, 2015

Installer Selected


Early May, 2015

Customer sign-up period ends


September 30, 2015

Program Documents


2015 Solarize Mass Installer RFP: Re-Bid
2015 Solarize Mass Community Marketing Plans
2015 Solarize Mass Attachment A - Signature and Acceptance Form
2015 Solarize Mass Attachment B.1. - Pricing Proposal
2015 Solarize Mass Attachment B.2 - Cost Adder Form
2015 Attachment C - Proposal Checklist and Application Template
2015 Solarize Mass Attachment D - Solarize Installer Contract Template

Questions? Email Us

solarize@masscec.com


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