Solar Panels Over Wetlands

The bvw general performance standards are found at 310 cmr 10 55 4 a.

Solar panels over wetlands.

When we use thin film technology a 1mw plant will require an average of 4 5 to 5 acres of land. The top three land covers associated with greatest solar pv power potential are croplands grasslands and wetlands. This screening included maps depicting locations of epa tracked sites and their potential for supporting renewable energy generation. Once you know where the wetland and buffer are you can design your project to avoid them including the placement of solar panels and access roads and even selecting an alternative site if necessary.

Solar projects are required to meet the general performance standards for work within wetland resource areas and should be sited outside of wetland resource areas whenever possible. At just 3 5 lbs per square foot solstex panels are easy to install and deliver significantly more energy than other photovoltaic pv panels. Solar panels are most productive with plentiful insolation light winds moderate. Nextera wants a special exception for a 150 megawatt solar farm on wooded wetlands in brooks county.

The brooks county commission is holding a public hearing this monday august 5th. Nextera previously got approval for a 100 mw solar farm on already cleared farmland. Call or meet state wetlands staff for site specific questions and review. Solar path over the wetlands solar path over the wetlands stacked solargraph cans overlooking the galien river marsh in new buffalo township mi yielded two images when recovered in june 2019.

By lucia woo environmental planner labella associates in august of 2018 the environmental protection agency epa identified over 80 000 brownfields and municipal solid waste landfills across the country that could be used for renewable energy facilities. In other terms we can say that for each 1 kw of solar panels you need 100 sqft of an area on. Any proposed work in a bordering vegetated wetland shall not destroy or. The regulatory standard for bordering vegetated wetlands bvw is shall not destroy or otherwise impair massdep has determined that placing solar arrays over bvw will result in an impairment that is prohibited or requires mitigation in accordance with 310 cmr 10 55 4.

Gaps dominating portions of the image indicate stretches of sunless days.