Energy self-sufficiency in Northampton, Massachusetts

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5663729· OSTI ID: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)

• Research Organization: Hampshire Coll., Amherst, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EJ-78-X-01-4706
• OSTI ID: 5663729
• Report Number(s): DOE/PE-4706
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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