- Program for Students to Support Local Clean Energy
7/1/2008
As the country observes Independence Day and oil prices continue to increase, Suffolk University is launching a program to support energy independence. Suffolk is the first school in the City of Boston to join the Clean Energy Choice-On Campus Program, administered by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC).
Contributions to be Double-Matched by Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Students now have the opportunity to make financial contributions to support the development of local clean energy projects. Through the Clean Energy Choice-On Campus Program, Suffolk will:
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help grow the demand for alternatives to fossil fuel-generated electricity,
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earn funds for on-site renewable energy projects at Suffolk, and
- generate a double-matching grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to provide clean energy funds for the City of Boston and low income communities throughout Massachusetts.
Suffolk to Partner with Mass Energy Consumers Alliance
Suffolk University will be partnering with the Mass Energy Consumers Alliance (Mass Energy), a Boston-based non-profit energy organization that has been working to make energy more affordable and sustainable for the past 25 years.
In 2006 Mass Energy launched the New England Wind Fund. All contributions to the New England Wind Fund are used to buy green power from new wind developments under long term contracts, thereby helping developers obtain loans and improve the financing for wind power.
Most recently, Mass Energy has used contributions to the New England Wind Fund to sign a contract to buy the green power from the Princeton Wind project, which will consist of two 1.5 MW turbines in Princeton, MA. Contributions by Suffolk University students will support Princeton and a number of other community based projects to be built in 2008 and 2009.