What's Next For EBEC And The Tiverton Industrial Park
The future of the East Bay Energy Consortium - and that of the Tiverton Industrial Park - remain uncertain four years after EBEC formed to develop a for-profit wind farm on the parcel.
The Tiverton Industrial Park is caught in a battle between the East Bay Energy Consortium (EBEC) and private developers and Tiverton taxpayers are losing out. EBEC, a regional partnership between nine East Bay communities, formed four years ago to explore ways to make money off of wind energy through net metering. Targeting the Tiverton Industrial Park as the ideal location for such a venture, EBEC's idea for the for-profit wind farm project might be holding back the park's development rather than providing opportunity. According to The Hummel Report, EBEC was started with about $400,000 of seed money from the state Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and its wind farm project would have made millions through net metering. Net …
Narragansett Warrior
11:06 am on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Mike the solution is in DC.EBEC needs to talk to our friends in Canada about the poop at their turbine.Jeanne you drink the water from Nonquit partner with TTC ,Fall River.Capital Power to ensure a safe energy park. more ›