An energy company building a liquefied natural gas port 13 miles southeast of Gloucester has donated $500,000 to two North Shore area agencies to use as low-income fuel assistance and for energy conservation.
Action Inc., which serves Cape Ann communities, and North Shore Community Action Programs Inc., which serves Peabody, Salem, Beverly and Danvers, each received $150,000 for fuel assistance aid, as well as $100,000 each for energy conservation projects from Excelerate Energy LLC. Both agencies have received the money and are making plans to disburse it.
"The energy conservation funds will help reduce people's energy bills and provide long-term savings," said Beth Hogan, executive director of North Shore Community Action.
The donation is part of a $2 million appropriation this year for similar projects around Massachusetts. Another $2 million is to be donated next year, according to a statement released by Excelerate. Other recipients included Mass Energy Consumers Alliance, the Salvation Army and Action for Boston Community Development. Excelerate, which doubled last year's appropriation for these programs, has also committed to distribute $2 million for similar purposes next year.
Excelerate donated $400,000 to Mass Energy to build a wind-energy project in a willing community. Agency Executive Director Larry Chretien is seeking municipal interest in siting a windmill to generate power.
"This is a great opportunity for a community to step forward and develop a clean-energy source" Chretien said. "I'm looking forward to the selection process."
Chretien said the selection process will factor in the desire of a community to host it and wind strength at proposed sites in prospective host communities. He said the project guidelines are flexible. The windmill, for example, could be used to power a facility, such as a municipal building, or the windmill could send electricity right into the power grid.
"We know our energy future, especially in the near term, must be a mix of fossil and renewable fuels," said Rob Bryngelson, president and CEO of Excelerate. "That is why Excelerate wanted to fund a renewable energy project somewhere along the Massachusetts shore."
Excelerate is building a two-buoy terminal in the ocean, where massive tankers carrying supercooled liquefied natural gas will unload natural gas. That terminal will be connected to the existing Hubline pipe, which runs under the sea bed from Salem to Quincy, by a 16-mile line.
Action Inc., which serves Cape Ann communities, and North Shore Community Action Programs Inc., which serves Peabody, Salem, Beverly and Danvers, each received $150,000 for fuel assistance aid, as well as $100,000 each for energy conservation projects from Excelerate Energy LLC. Both agencies have received the money and are making plans to disburse it.
"The energy conservation funds will help reduce people's energy bills and provide long-term savings," said Beth Hogan, executive director of North Shore Community Action.
The donation is part of a $2 million appropriation this year for similar projects around Massachusetts. Another $2 million is to be donated next year, according to a statement released by Excelerate. Other recipients included Mass Energy Consumers Alliance, the Salvation Army and Action for Boston Community Development. Excelerate, which doubled last year's appropriation for these programs, has also committed to distribute $2 million for similar purposes next year.
Excelerate donated $400,000 to Mass Energy to build a wind-energy project in a willing community. Agency Executive Director Larry Chretien is seeking municipal interest in siting a windmill to generate power.
"This is a great opportunity for a community to step forward and develop a clean-energy source" Chretien said. "I'm looking forward to the selection process."
Chretien said the selection process will factor in the desire of a community to host it and wind strength at proposed sites in prospective host communities. He said the project guidelines are flexible. The windmill, for example, could be used to power a facility, such as a municipal building, or the windmill could send electricity right into the power grid.
"We know our energy future, especially in the near term, must be a mix of fossil and renewable fuels," said Rob Bryngelson, president and CEO of Excelerate. "That is why Excelerate wanted to fund a renewable energy project somewhere along the Massachusetts shore."
Excelerate is building a two-buoy terminal in the ocean, where massive tankers carrying supercooled liquefied natural gas will unload natural gas. That terminal will be connected to the existing Hubline pipe, which runs under the sea bed from Salem to Quincy, by a 16-mile line.
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