Agilitas Energy reported early this month that it is acquiring another ground-mount solar photovoltaic and energy storage project in Massachusetts. The project, encompassing 19.5 acres in the Town of Williamsburg, marks the distributed energy developer’s 7th large-scale hybrid solar and battery storage project in the Bay State.
“We are excited to bring renewable energy and energy storage to yet another town in Massachusetts,” Agilitas President Barrett Bilotta said. “By coupling the energy storage system with the solar array, we are now able to utilize the energy production to its fullest, and level-set the intermittent nature of solar energy to ensure more persistent, cost-effective, and cleaner power supply for the local community.”
Agilitas is adding the Williamsburg project under Massachusetts’ SMART program, which allows local businesses to receive clean energy and cost-saving benefits without having to install solar systems on their own roofs. The firm noted the current system design contemplates a 6-megawatt (MW)-DC solar array coupled with a 2.8-MW/6-MW-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system.
“We are happy to work with Agilitas Energy on the project and bring actual benefits to our community from the otherwise unused land,” commented Larry Lashway, president of Lashway Lumber, Inc., and owner of the property where the project will be built. “As business owners, we also look forward to the power expense savings from the community solar program.”
Agilitas is presently constructing four SMART projects totaling 29 MW of solar and 53 MWh of energy storage in the towns of Auburn, Rochester, Warren, and West Brookfield. Outside of Massachusetts, the company is developing solar-plus-storage projects in Maine, New York, and Rhode Island.
“Community Solar is a vital cost-saving and easily accessible sustainability option for all businesses across the Commonwealth, from small cafes and corner markets to large corporations, non-profits, and everyone in between,” remarked Nate Owen, CEO of public benefit corporation Ampion, Inc. “We are excited to work with Agilitas Energy to bring the benefits of Community Solar to Massachusetts organizations.”
