EPC provider for utility-scale solar and storage projects, Distributed Energy Infrastructure (DEI), has completed construction on a new 7.1 MW solar + 4 MW battery storage project in Acton, Massachusetts.
The site was previously home to a chemical manufacturing facility and designated an EPC Superfund site due to significantly contaminated soil, including asbestos.
Due to the innovative approach used by DEI, along with project partners Syncarpha Capital and racking provider Terrasmart, the project became a finalist in Solar Builder’s competitive Project of the Year 2025 Award for 1-10 MW projects.
DEI followed a strict set of environmental and health safeguards, including hiring crews with Hazwoper hazardous materials handling training, performing minimal excavation, and analyzing and removing asbestos with regulatory oversight. Additionally, the system was designed around existing structures to reduce site disturbance.
The Acton project will provide substantial community and environmental benefits as a brownfield project located on formerly unusable land. It will supply clean energy through a community solar program, expand the town’s tax base through new revenue, and support Massachusetts’ SMART and Clean Peak Standard goals.
“Projects like Acton show what it takes to responsibly bring clean energy to communities while addressing the challenges of building on historically contaminated land,” said Sean Harrington, President and CEO of Distributed Energy Infrastructure, in a statement. “By transforming a brownfield into a productive solar and storage site, we’re expanding access to renewable energy, strengthening the local grid, and putting otherwise unusable land back to work.”
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