Published: 9/22/2022 2:41:26 PM
Modified: 9/22/2022 2:40:46 PM
AMHERST — A vacant parcel near the Sunderland town line where a garden and gift store was once located could be used for an 18.87-megawatt battery system.Josh Lariscy, project development director for BlueWave Solar, told the Conservation Commission at its Sept. 14 meeting, where a hearing on a notice of intent filing began, that the project would fit into the state’s Clean Peak Energy Standard program that promotes renewable energy.The project would be developed in proximity to existing solar arrays and would be a short distance from an Eversource substation, connected to that by overhead and underground wires.Battery energy storage systems enable energy from renewables, like solar, to be stored and then released when customers need power.Being developed for BWC Eastman Brook…