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Smart Solar Amherst Additional Information


Town of Amherst Solar Planning
  • Climate Action Adaptation and Resilience Plan
  • Amherst CAARP position on town-wide solar zoning bylaw
  • BioMap2
  • Mass Mapper - Detailed 2021 MA satellite imagery available
  • Solar Market Insight Report for 2021 published on March 2022
  • UMASS Clean Energy Extension Community Planning for Solar Toolkit

​​Large Scale Battery Deployment Issues and Information
  • Battery breakthrough: Scientists invent cheap aluminium-sulphur alternative to lithium-ion batteries
  • ​UMass Tesla Battery Megapack Delivery

Batteries General Information
  • https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/articles/solar-plus-storage-101
  • https://www.nexteraenergyresources.com/what-we-do/energy-storage.html
  • https://energystorage.org/why-energy-storage/technologies/lithium-ion-li-ion-batteries

Mass. Energy Storage Initiative
  • https://www.mass.gov/energy-storage-initiative
  • https://www.mass.gov/info-details/esi-goals-storage-target
  • https://www.mass.gov/media/6456/download

Thermal Runaway
  • https://dragonflyenergy.com/thermal-runaway/
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S254243512030088X
  • https://dudek.com/how-a-thermal-runaway-study-can-help-address-concerns-during-battery-storage-permitting/
  • https://www.energy-storage.news/preventing-thermal-runaway-in-lithium-ion-energy-storage-systems/
  • https://www.marsh.com/us/industries/energy-and-power/insights/battery-energy-storage-systems-and-rising-risk-of-thermal-runaway.html
  • https://robfreeman.com/what-thermal-runaway-how-be-avoided/
  • https://www.ionenergy.co/resources/blogs/battery-safety

NonLithium/Flow Batteries
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoTVtB-cSps
  • https://www.powermag.com/the-benefits-of-flow-batteries-over-lithium-ion/
  • https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/what-are-flow-batteries
  • https://goenergylink.com/blog/differences-between-flow-batteries-and-lithium-ion/

Smart Alternatives to Clear Cutting Forests for Solar
  • UMass Solar Canopies Parking Lot Project
  • ​UMass Tesla Battery Megapack Delivery
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Wetlands Protection
  • Massachusetts DEP wetlands and solar siting.pdf
  • MassDOE questions and answers on Ground Mounted PV systems.pdf
  • Mass DEP Wetland Protection Presentation (PowerPoint)
  • Highlands Community Initiative - A Town’s Guide to Land Conservation

​Deforestation
  • Massachusetts Forest Watch
  • Save Mass Forests
  • Massachusetts Forestry Best Management Practices Manual
  • What does “grubbing” look like
  • The Old Man and the Tree - Ancient MA Forests

Industrial Solar in Massachusetts
  • Solar Development Problems
  • ​Solar Array Leads to Environmental Damage in Williamsburg
  • ​BlueWave Project Development Documentation Northfield Ma
  • Appeal filed against board’s approval of large-scale solar project in Northfield

Shutesbury MA AMP and Wheelock
  • Smart Solar Shutesbury
  • Solar 101 - info about Shutesbury solar regulations
  • Shutesbury AMP projects ANRAD reports
  • 8.25.21 Wheelock Tract Site Visit Report - Shutesbury ConCom
  • Wheelock Solar Site Plan Submission (2017) Shutesbury
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