HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3911        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3095

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act defining Green Energy Initiatives for Community Preservation..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 2 of Chapter 44B is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end: “Green Energy Initiatives”: advanced, applied and any new action to promote new clean energy technologies including: solar photovoltaic; solar thermal; wind power; geothermal; wave and tidal energy; advanced hydropower; energy storage for automotive applications; energy storage for grid applications; biofuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and advanced biofuels; renewable, biodegradable chemicals; advanced thermal-to-energy conversion; hydrogen; carbon capture and sequestration; energy monitoring; green building materials; energy-efficient lighting; gasification and conversion to liquids fuels; industrial energy efficiency; demand-side management; fuel cells; and other technologies that the board considers to qualify under the definitions herein; provided, however, that “Green Energy Initiatives”  shall not include  coal, oil, natural gas except when used in fuel cells or nuclear power.