{"id":26353,"date":"2023-08-08T00:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=26353"},"modified":"2023-08-08T00:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:35:07","slug":"massdot-aeronautics-division-releases-request-for-responses-for-new-smart-grid-at-cape-cod-gateway-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/massachusetts\/massdot-aeronautics-division-releases-request-for-responses-for-new-smart-grid-at-cape-cod-gateway-airport\/%20","title":{"rendered":"MassDOT Aeronautics Division Releases Request for Responses for New Smart Grid at Cape Cod Gateway Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing a Request for Responses<\/a> (RFR) has been issued by the Aeronautics Division for consultant services to plan, permit, and design a smart microgrid at Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Hyannis. Earlier this year, the Aeronautics Division received a $1.95 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Program to support the planning of the smart microgrid which seeks to generate and distribute clean, reliable power at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are grateful for the support of our federal\npartners which has allowed the Commonwealth\u2019s Aeronautics Division to get\nstarted on this groundbreaking microgrid project,” said MassDOT Secretary\nand CEO Gina Fiandaca. “The climate crisis is the Commonwealth’s greatest\nchallenge, and innovative projects such as this at the airport in Hyannis will\nmove us forward in reaching our greenhouse gas reduction goals while working\ntoward creating a reliable, multimodal, and energy efficient transportation\nsystem.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA clean energy future starts here at home in Massachusetts\nby making sure that our transportation system runs on electricity\u2014from the\nroads we drive on to the planes we fly on,\u201d said Senator Ed Markey. \u201cI applaud\nMassDOT Aeronautics for investing $1.95 million to build a smart grid that will\nsupercharge vehicles at Cape Cod Gateway Airport with clean, renewable energy.\nThis smart grid will not only keep Bay State communities safe and healthy, but\nit will also allow the clean energy revolution to soar.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSoutheastern Massachusetts is a hub of clean energy\ninitiatives. It is also where we are seeing most imminently the effects of\nclimate change in the state,\u201d said Congressman Bill Keating. \u201cProjects like\nthis one at Cape Cod Gateway Airport highlight the Commonwealth\u2019s commitment to\nmoving us forward in ways that will support and sustain Cape communities that\nrely on our local transportation infrastructure for everything from supplies\nand goods to tourism. I applaud the Commonwealth for using these federal funds\nfor such an important project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMassDOT Aeronautics is thrilled to announce our search for\nconsultant services to plan for the installation of a smart microgrid at Cape\nCod Gateway Airport,\u201d said MassDOT Aeronautics Administrator Jeff DeCarlo.\n\u201cThis underscores our focus on integrating electric air and ground vehicles into\na multimodal system powered by renewable energy, advancing efficient, clean\ntransportation in the Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to begin work on this mission-critical\nproject,\u201d said Owen Silbaugh, Chief Engineer and Director of Airport\nEngineering at MassDOT Aeronautics, the Project Director for the SMART grant\nproject. \u201cPlanning a robust infrastructure for the electrification of ground\nvehicles and aircraft at Cape Cod Gateway Airport provides a powerful clean\nenergy transportation model for other airports in the Commonwealth and across\nthe nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power from the smart grid would be generated by facilitating\nthe charging of electric ground vehicles, including buses, and in the future,\nelectric aircraft. In collaboration with the airport and the Cape Cod Regional\nTransit Authority, the initiative aims to increase clean energy independence\nwhile helping to support the disadvantaged community living near the airport in\nHyannis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RFR is currently posted on COMMBUYS at https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gnNmykbz<\/a>. The deadline for submitting proposals is 5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing a Request for Responses (RFR) has been issued by the Aeronautics Division for consultant services to plan, permit, and design a smart microgrid at Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Hyannis. Earlier this year, the Aeronautics Division received a $1.95 million grant award from the U.S. Department of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-massachusetts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26354,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26353\/revisions\/26354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}