This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Boston, Massachusetts. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) develops and implements policies and programs to ensure the adequacy, security, diversity, and cost-effectiveness of the Commonwealth's energy supply to create a clean, affordable, equitable, and resilient energy future. The DOER is an agency of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. Over the past decade, Massachusetts has had several programs that have supported the development of solar in the Commonwealth. This has led to over 100,000 projects representing 3,000 MW DC that has been constructed. In December 2020, EEA issued the Interim Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2030 and Massachusetts Decarbonization Roadmap, calling for an additional 2 GW of distributed generation by 2030 and 15-20 GW of solar by 2050, respectively.1 Throughout the deployment of solar in the Commonwealth, questions have been raised about the appropriate siting of the facilities that are receiving incentives through its programs. DOER has convened stakeholder sessions on the topic through the past decade. Stakeholders have expressed both a desire for more clean energy and concerns about the amount of forest that are being converted to solar development. Based on this input, DOER released the solar siting analysis in 2021. 2 The analysis assessed ground mounted solar development between 2010 and April 2019 and characterized the land cover type for these sites. It revealed that approximately 7,900 acres had been developed for solar projects and approximately 50% of the land had previously been forested. The analysis establishes a baseline of development and an easily replicated methodology to analyze trends in subsequent years. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.