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
- 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
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
- 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