Duxbury Alternative Energy Committee

05/23/2026

Our monthly Dux Clipper column features committee member Deborah Donovan's positive experience owning an electric car! Read the column here: https://www.duxburyclipper.com/articles/rising-fuel-costs-make-the-case-for-electric-vehicles/

04/20/2026

SOLAR is a great way to reduce energy costs long-term, especially now with spiking gas prices. Our recent Clipper article covers the basics for businesses and nonprofits.

With an unstable worldwide energy market and Massachusetts utility rates among the highest in the country, it makes financial sense for businesses and nonprofits to solarize. It makes even more sense to go solar now to take advantage of an expiring 30 percent federal tax credit. That was the main me...

03/18/2026

Open to all South Shore businesses and nonprofits! Reminder about our Solar Summit next Tuesday March 24, 6pm-7:30pm at Duxbury's Public Library. Don't miss this informative evening!

03/12/2026

With Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) on everyone's minds we want to provide some additional context for Duxbury residents. A BESS is not just a commercial system with tractor trailer-sized batteries. The term also refers to small-scale systems for individual homes, local businesses and nonprofits. BESS of all sizes will be an important component of a clean energy future. Please read our Clipper column for info!

TV remotes. Flashlights. Smoke detectors. These devices, and many more, operate using batteries. There are many kinds of batteries, but all work by using a chemical reaction to create a flow of electrons. Some batteries are rechargeable, including lithium ion batteries. Beginning in the 1990s, this....

02/20/2026

Solarize now before a 30% federal tax credit phases out! Commercial solar systems that are in service by December 31, 2027 are eligible. Attend our SOLAR SUMMIT to find out how to access this and other incentives. An informative panel discussion features Duxbury's Island Creek Oysters (ICO), Bayside Marine, and St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church - all have installed solar systems recently. Local green energy vendors will be there too.

Solar energy is now the cheapest source of energy worldwide achieving significant cost savings over time for consumers, businesses and nonprofits while cutting greenhouse gas emissions.