Amount Requested: - $367,300

The Martha’s Vineyard Community Wind Resource Mapping Project will provide a comprehensive wind energy resource assessment to determine the options to site wind energy development on the island. 

The goal is to create a planning tool that not only identifies the various sites, but the various competing uses, so that residents of island can make informed choices about wind power applications.  They propose a planning model that will help the island to understand wind development in a regional context with respect to a series of clearly identified energy production goals, different strategies to achieve them, and the costs and benefits associated with each.  

The taxpayers will benefit by showing how a small island community, with significant environmental resources and other land use conflicts, can create a consensus on wind energy power development.

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