Priorities

Renewable Energy

Because most basic services, such as electricity, communications infrastructure, oil and gasoline, must all be transported to the islands, their rising costs are becoming prohibitively expensive for many islanders.

In This Section

Our People

Some of our talented people working in this area.

	Bill McGuinness Islesford Neighborhood House Executive Director
	Eliza Greenman Cranberry Isles Sustainable Community Development Fellow
	Gillian Garratt-Reed Marine Programs Coordinator
	Kate Power Long Island Recreation Center Fellow
	Katie Chapman Alternative Energy Fellow
	Robert Snyder Vice-President of Programs
	Shey Conover GIS Specialist

Galleries

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Fox Island Wind Project - Groundbreaking

Fox Island Wind Project - Hoddy Hildreth

Fox Islands Wind Project - Philip Conkling

Collaboration

In order to be sustainable, island and coastal communities need to be affordable. They must also address the impacts that they have on the environment. To address these issues of economic and ecological sustainability, the Island Institute has recently initiated multi-faceted efforts to investigate and develop alternative energy.

We are currently partnering with the Swan’s Island and Fox Islands Electric Cooperatives to explore the feasibility of developing community-wind projects. If constructed, these small-scale and community-based projects would provide electricity for Vinalhaven, North Haven, Swan’s Island and Frenchboro.

News

Jul 02, 2009 \|	Fox Islands Wind Groundbreaking Ceremony
Jun 30, 2009 \|	Wind Energy For Islanders
Jun 30, 2009 \|	New Energy Project In the Wind On Vinalhaven