Beals and Thomas is at the forefront of the consulting industry serving the renewable energy sector. In addition to our project-specific work, our efforts focus on advancing solar in Massachusetts, including interfacing with regulatory agencies about floating solar opportunities, participating in the ASTGU working group, presenting to industry groups about the possibilities of solar for farms, and coordinating with municipal staff regarding solar permitting paths.

 

We have provided services on well over 100 solar projects, totaling over 300

Solar Energy MW of energy across nearly 40 Massachusetts municipalities.

 

Our solar projects have included:

• Large Scale Ground Mounted Solar

• Canopy Solar

• Floating Solar

• Dual-Use (Agrivoltaics)

• Coupled Storage

• Our services to support solar projects include:

• Due Diligence and Feasibility Analysis

• Permit and Regulatory Analysis

• Topographic, Boundary, and Title Insurance Surveys

• Subdivision and/or Lease Area Plan

• Zoning Freezes

• Viewshed Analysis

• Site Design and Stormwater Management

• Wetland/Stream Crossing Design and Replication

• Screening and Buffer Design

• Local, State, and Federal Land-Use Entitlement

• Decommission Estimating

• Solar Racking and Construction Survey Staking

• Construction Administration

• NPDES Monitoring

• Project Close-Out (As-Built Survey, Engineer’s Certification)

• Municipal Peer Review and Construction Monitoring

We recognize the importance of responsiveness and timely work products,
particularly in the solar industry, and we have experienced resources to
accommodate the necessary level of effort to meet client expectations. We advance our services expeditiously and with a high level of quality so that our clients are best positioned in today’s permitting landscape.