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MA DOER awarded thirteen Project Implementation grants for the Community
Clean Energy Resiliency Initiative in Round 2 of the Project Implementation Awards.
The announcement of winning projects was made on December 29, 2014 by former
Energy and Environmental Affairs Undersecretary for Energy Mark Sylvia and former
Department of Energy Resources Commissioner (DOER) Meg Lusardi.
Projects included a $4.4 Million award to the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District
(GLSD), a Regional Wastewater District, a $3.8 Million grant to the City of Boston
in partnership with the Boston Medical Center and a $3.1 Million grant to the
City of Northampton. In total $18.5 Million was awarded across the thirteen
communities Community Clean Energy Resiliency Initiative: Round 2 Project
Implementation Awards.
The Greater Lawrence Sanitary District proposed to accept source separated organics
and produce heat and electricity for the main plant and to generate electricity to
serve the pump station. The grant will assist in acquiring two 1550 kW CHP units
as well as the electrical feeds from the main station to the pump station. As well as
offsetting the capital costs biogas metering, monitoring and collection systems and
costs of a fourth anaerobic digester. The City of Boston proposed to partner with
Boston Medical Center to install a new 2MW co-generation system that is capable of
black start and island operation at that facility.
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The Northampton proposal seeks to
enhance the resiliency of high priority emergency facilities: the Smith Vocational and
Agricultural High School (SVAHS), the Department of Public Works (DPW), and Cooley
Dickinson Hospital (CDH). The hospital has an existing CHP unit.
Figure 3. The Northeast is the Epicenter of Activity for
State Supported Community Microgrids
