A new study finds there’s enough suitable land (and rooftops) in Mass. to meet the state's solar goals without compromising sensitive environmental areas, farmland and other valuable natural resources.
A technician removes a solar panel from a lift during a solar panel installation on the rooftop of Boston Building Resources in Jamaica Plain.
“With the study results, we can be strategic about where and what kinds of solar we deploy,” Elizabeth Mahony, commissioner of the Department of Energy Resources, said in a statement. “This tool allows us to identify pockets where the most suitable solar potential is, and direct investment and resources towards prioritizing solar in those areas.”
You can also search by the six criteria if you click on the tab labeled “suitability maps” near the top of the website. If you play around with the map, you’ll see that some parcels have no rating and are grayed out. These parcels have been deemed unsuitable by the state for a variety of reasons. The land may be protected from development or too small to host a solar array, for example.
To give an example of how this could be used, imagine city planners were looking at the map and saw that one parking lot in town has an A-rating, while another lot on the other side of town has a C-rating because it sits several miles from an electrical substation and would require costly grid upgrades to be feasible. The planners now know where to direct their attention and resources.
She added that cost was a big consideration for state analysts too. There are economies of scale that come with building large solar installations, and if developers are strategic about where they place them, it may be possible to avoid many costly electrical grid upgrades.
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