Friday, June 26, 2009

Newly formed East Bay Wind Consortium receives $140,000 in grant money

Walter Burke, Diane Williamson, Diane Mederos and Ken Marshall announced at Wednesday's Town Council meeting that the newly formed East Bay Energy Consortium has received $140,000 in grant money from the RI EDC through the Renewable Energy Fund to create a feasibility study for wind turbines in the East Bay region for multiple sites involving many towns in our region. The Rhode Island Foundation funded $40K of this money. The attached PBN article notes this as well as the other groups that received grants.
http://www.pbn.com/detail/43136.html

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