What this means for you and for Co-op Power:
1.) We’re turning our member equity into a business that will give us a clean energy product many members can use directly to fuel their vehicles or oil heat systems.
2.) If you’re a member, you’ll get more benefits from Co-op Power in the next three years. We’ll be earning profits that can be used to develop products that everyone can use.
3.) We will have more assets that can be used to leverage other community-based business development projects in your community.
4.) We’re moving Co-op Power from a good idea to a cooperative that can really make a difference. We’ll be able to move out of start-up and into full operations with paid staff, benefits that Co-op Power members can use on a regular basis, and enhanced technical assistance to community-based business development
projects, all ready to support the hundreds of Co-op Power volunteers working on justice and sustainability in their communities.Want to help with the Celebration?
Let me know if you can help with the groundbreaking. Bring something to share for lunch if you can. Or, let me know if you’re a musician with some acoustic music to help us celebrate. (lynn@cooppower.coop)Directions from Route 91 to Northeast Biodiesel:
Take Exit 27 to Route 2 toward Boston. Travel 2.2 miles.
Turn Left onto Adams Road. Travel .3 miles.
Turn Left onto Silvio Conte Drive. Travel .6 miles.
Northeast Biodiesel will be on your left, just before the Coke plant.Instructions for a GPS to Northeast Biodiesel:
We don’t have a street address yet, but the Coke plant is 180 Silvio Conte Drive, Greenfield, MA 01301. You’ll see us on the left just before you get there.Hope to see you there if you have some flexibility during the work day!
Looking forward to talking with you more about what this means for you, for Co-op Power, for our community.
In cooperation,
LynnPS Please note. We’ve heard that there is some confusion about our biodiesel plant. A biodiesel plant is NOT a wood burning biomass plant. The biodiesel plant will use a chemical process to change recycled vegetable oil to biodiesel and glycerine. Please help us spread the word! This is simply a good thing.
Lynn Benander
Manager, Co-op Power
413-552-6446 (cell)
413-772-8898 (office)
lynn@cooppower.coop
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p>I presume that number is per year. FYI, MA uses 68 million barrels of motor vehicle gas+diesel per year. 68M barrels = 2856M gallons.
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p>3.5/2856 == 0.1%. Peanuts, right? Well, keep in mind that it’s in Greenfield MA, not exactly a megalopolis. If they can get this operating cash flow positive, perhaps they can build similar facilities near Boston, Worcester, Salem/FR, Lowell, Springfield, etc in a few years. Not having run any numbers, I could imagine them getting that number from 0.1% to 3%. That’s significant folks.
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p>Great job, and I wish you nothing but success!
The lede, for me, is the August 3 event. I posted to get people who might be interested to go.
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p>The post at another venue got a response from a professional in the biofuels industry and I’ve put them in contact with Coop Power so further developments may be in the offing.
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p>Thanks for responding.