Energy self-sufficiency in Northampton, Massachusetts

• Main Author: Not Available
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION; CONSUMPTION; AND UTILIZATION; COMMUNITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIAL IMPACT; MASSACHUSETTS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; ENERGY SOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; POPULATIONS; USA; Northampton; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5663729; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5663729; https://doi.org/10.2172/5663729

The study is not an engineering analysis but begins the process of exploring the potential for conservation and local renewable-resource development in a specific community, Northampton, Massachusetts, with the social, institutional, and environmental factors in that community taken into account. Section I is an extensive executive summary of the full study, and Section II is a detailed examination of the potential for increased local energy self-sufficiency in Northampton, including current and future demand estimates, the possible role of conservation and renewable resources, and a discussion of the economic and social implications of alternative energy systems. (MOW)