Useful solar resources for photovoltaic flat-plate collectors exist throughout the Division, and 25 solar roofs have been installed and registered to date. Wind potential is excellent in parts of the Division. The 6-megawatt Searsburg wind turbine in Vermont is the largest currently operating wind energy project in New England. Additional wind energy projects, with a total capacity of 36 megawatts, are planned. All major economic sectors consume biomass.
Power plants use wood waste to generate electricity.
Commercial ski resorts use wood from sustainably managed forests to fuel their distributed generation. The transportation sector uses a small amount of biodiesel fuel from agricultural products. New England consumed 8 thousand Btu of energy for each dollar of gross state product in 1997. U.S. energy consumption averaged 12 thousand Btu per dollar. In all six New England States, distillate fuel accounts for a greater share of petroleum consumption than it does in the United States as a whole.