All Renewable Energy Systems Case Studies

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Laughing Stock Farm: Replacing petroleum fuels with used restaurant cooking oils

Ralph Turner — Freeport, ME

Project recommended: Maybe, it depends.
- Lower costs have allowed Laughing Stock Farm to remain open in the winter (achieved)
- agriculture
- greenhouse
- energy efficiency
- heating
- renewable energy systems
- biofuels
Still Growing Strong: Powering up Local Assets

Mary Ann Hayes — Orono, ME

Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
- Cut annual Forster Bulding heating and hot water costs in half (in progress)
- Cut annual Forster Building electric usage by a third (in progress)
- Shift Forster Building heating supply from imported oil to local wood (in progress)
- community development
- economic sustainability
- energy efficiency
- buildings and lighting
- renewable energy systems
- biomass
- hydro
- wind
Hutchings Greenhouse

Claudia Lowd — Orono, ME

Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
- To lower the high cost of greenhouse heating and be "green" (achieved)
- agriculture
- greenhouse
- nursery
- economic sustainability
- energy efficiency
- buildings and lighting
- heating
- renewable energy systems
- geothermal
Weston Acres Dairy Farm: Sustaining a Maine tradition with solar water heating

Ann Weston and Lance Gatcomb — Litchfield, ME

Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
- Reduce energy usage and costs (achieved)
- Maintain viability of family-owned farm in a difficult market (achieved)
- Demonstrate ways other farms can cut costs (achieved)
- agriculture
- dairy farm
- energy efficiency
- cooling and refrigeration
- pumping
- renewable energy systems
- solar thermal

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