Wareham: Ground-zero for large industrial solar in Massachusetts
19 large ground mounted industrial solar in Wareham as of 2022 1,400 more acres of large solar planned Lithium-ion storage batteries also located at the sites Zoning Bylaw on solar […]
Northfield MA: BlueWave solar proposed for 126 acres of prime farmland, Indigenous site. The lawsuit challenging the solar project gets hearing in Franklin County Superior Court.
August 12, 2022 Affidavit of Scott W. Horsley, a water resource consultant and William Powers, owner of Powers Engineering: April 12, 2022 Franklin Superior Court Judge Francis E. Flannery rejects […]
Fact Sheet: Rooftop v. Industrial Ground Mounted Solar
Solar panels that capture the sun and convert it to electricity can range in size from rooftop panels on individual homes to large industrial ground-mounted systems. Rooftop panels can produce […]
Resources: Examples of solar bylaws and solar moratorium in Massachusetts
State subsidies make it very profitable for corporations to build large ground mounted solar projects. There is no state law to make sure these are properly sited. The only way […]
Report: Killing forests, trees, soils for large ground mounted solar in Massachusetts
A 2021 report by Partnership for Policy Integrity to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) office concludes that solar projects that clear-cut forests and remove soils and vegetation harm — […]
Wareham: 19 destructive ground mounted solar projects, more planned
Wareham MA is ground zero for solar gone wrong in Massachusetts. With 19 existing ground-mounted projects, many of which were preceded by industrial strip mining to “prepare” the site, 1,400 […]
Education: Webinars
This page includes information on webinars and virtual workshops conducted by SPB and other like-minded organizations. December 12, 2021: Protecting Shutesbury’s Land & Water while building Community Solar – Forests […]
Carver: AD Makepeace-Borrego Solar 50-acre mining & solar site, Federal Road
Mass. Historical Commission signs off despite presence of Native American use and occupation of the land in the Late Woodland Period State MEPA office rubber-stamps, ignores sand and gravel mining […]
Solar $ubsidies: follow the money
In 2017, Environment Watch of Southeastern Massachusetts issued a report, “Loss of Open Space, Cultural Resources & Community Character Caused by Industrial Ground-Mounted Solar Energy Systems in Massachusetts: Case Studies […]
Wareham: MEPA allows AD Makepeace to misrepresent damage to the environment, evade review of sand and gravel for solar
In 2021, groups challenged Makepeace’s environment review, saying the company misrepresented environmental impacts by refusing to disclose sand and gravel mining operation MEPA gave Makepeace a free pass, allowing the […]