The project, developed by Nexon, involves the installation of approximately 296,000 pounds of batteries in a designated Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), which has prompted legal challenges from local residents. . Massachusetts is making a big push for batteries — not the kind you put in a flashlight, but powerful, tractor trailer-sized batteries that store energy for the electric grid. However, Rhynland Energy plans to circumvent the bylaw by going directly to the state. Maura Healey signed in 2024 allows. . The latest building proposal facing pushback in Boston isn't for apartments, offices or labs — it's for a 50-foot-tall facility filled with batteries. On a 3-acre site on Electric Avenue in Brighton, Flatiron Energy proposed a 62K SF battery energy storage system that has been met with opposition. . ISO New England has given the thumbs up to a project proposed by Flatiron Energy and envisaging the installation of a 300-MW/1,200-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Boston, Massachusetts. The 3 MW / 9 MWh system uses lithium-ion phosphate batteries from TrinaStorage to reduce grid load during peak events, saving the municipal utility up to $10 million in energy. . The developers represent the largest portfolio of BESS development assets in Massachusetts with four projects in the Greater Boston Area and two projects in the Worcester and Springfield areas. We control land at each site and have secured interconnection with ISO-NE through the interconnection. .
