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Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Award

Rob Pratt, Director of Renewable Energy Trust awarded MIT $455,701 for Solar-to-Market Initiative. This grant was part of $2.6m that was awarded on October 10, 2002 at the semi-annul meeting of SEBANE.

Primary Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Project Summary: Installation of approximately 75 kW of PV systems on schools, homes and businesses in Cambridge, Watertown, Arlington, Lexington, and Waltham as well as on the MIT campus. The MIT campus installations will be used as pilots for demonstration, research, and educational purposes. MIT has also developed a cooperative relationship with the Cambridge Public Schools that will result in several PV installations on public school buildings. MIT expects to oversee the installation of approximately 40 PV installations through this grant. The primary partners to MIT are Conservation Services Group and Evergreen Solar. The project will be coordinated through the MIT Department of Facilities in conjunction with the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment.
Grant Amount: $455,701

See the MIT News Office article here.