Facts & Figures

MWCC Sustainability Facts

• The height of the wind turbines to the tips of the blades is 396 feet.
• The length of one blade is 134.5 feet.
• The total weight of each turbine is 247 tons.
• Since 2002, MWCC has saved over 34,550,739 kWh of electricity as a result of our biomass conversion project which is the equivalent of planting more than 4,079 acres of trees.
• MWCC has the only known Associate of Science in Energy Management Degree program offered in the entire Northeast region of the United States.
• Energy conservation measures completed at MWCC in 2009 are saving 972,740 kWh or approximately $134,000 per year.
• MWCC’s photovoltaic array of 179 individual panels is contributing more than 100,000 kWh annually to our energy requirements.

Renewable Energy Resources

• American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
• Second Nature
• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
• U.S. Department of Energy
• Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
• North American WindPower
• Clean Air-Cool Planet
• National Wind Map Data online by 3TIER Group
• The Coalition of Northeastern Governors; Northeast Regional Biomass Program
• Biomass Energy Resource Center
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• National Wildlife Federation