Renewable Heating Opportunities and Impacts Study

In partnership with national and regional trade organizations, MCG led a project team to assess the impacts and opportunities for renewable heating technologies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In this role, MCG facilitated workshops with businesses, policy-makers, and experts across the solar thermal, biomass thermal, air- and ground-source heat pump, and biodiesel sectors. MCG additionally conducted regional and international analyses of renewable heating policies and developed a comprehensive report assessing market opportunities and barriers, lifecycle cost, greenhouse gas, and economic development impacts in the state.     



Client: Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

Our clients

Corporate

  • Alcan
  • Axel Johnson
  • Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors
  • E-ON
  • Hawaiian Electric Company
  • NEI
  • Sprague

Institutions

  • European Climate Foundation
  • German Energy Agency (dena)
  • German Federal Chancellory
  • Global Adaptation Institute
  • Heinrich Boell Foundation
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
  • National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
  • Rockefeller Brothers Foundation
  • Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA)
  • The Energy Foundation
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • World Bank and Climate Investment FundsWorld Bank and Climate Investment Funds
  • World Future Council
  • World Wind Energy Association

Public

  • California Energy Commission
  • City of Boston
  • City of Providence
  • City University of New York
  • Delaware’s District Department of the Environment
  • Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER)
  • Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
  • New York State Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
  • Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board