Category Archives: Massachusetts

Broken Creek Vineyard is a local family-owned, 40-acre vineyard and winery. Their wines are wonderful – trust us, we have sampled them all! The owners installed solar as a way to reduce operating expenses while operating more sustainably. Their 40-panel system covers about half their electricity needs, will save them tens of thousands of dollars over […]

Every business, whether for-profit or nonprofit, wants to lower operating expenses. Environmental education organization Mass Audubon has installed solar at many of its facilities to do just that. Even with financing, solar energy is making a substantial difference for the company’s bottom line. New England Clean Energy installed this ground-mounted, 76-panel solar electric system at Mass Audubon’s […]

This roof has a Total Solar Resource Fraction (TSRF) of 89%. In other words, it’s 89% of what a perfect roof would be for generating solar. That makes it a great roof, but “lesser roofs” are now working for solar too. As panel prices have dropped, lower TSRF’s have become more economical for homeowners. What […]

This family-owned farm took advantage of a USDA grant program that makes it even more cost-effective for agricultural businesses to install solar, make their own clean electricity, and reduce their energy costs. This solar energy system is the second we’ve installed for Holiday Farm Farmstand, where the owners are serious about their environmental commitment. The first system […]

Why did nonprofit human services agency Perkins install 354 solar panels on its classroom building?  Perkins’ Chief Executive Officer Michael Ames explains it better than we could: “We are thrilled with the way this project has turned out. Thanks to New England Clean Energy’s engineering and design, the panels fit in perfectly with the architecture of the […]

Alpha Rho — one of the largest domestic manufacturers of high quality rigid plastic boxes — installed a 745-panel solar electric system on the roof of its 36,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Fitchburg. Alpha Rho President David Tall has this to say about going solar: “When you consider the benefits I’m getting with no upfront investment, […]

“Going green” means more than helping the planet in the case of marine dealership Lakeview Marine. By installing a 160-panel solar energy system, the company is seeing $10,000+ in annual electricity savings and $13,000+ in annual green income. The green income (SRECs) lasts for 10 years. The electricity savings last indefinitely. The solar energy system […]

In general, the more solar your system produces, the faster it will pay for itself, leaving you with years more, possibly decades, of free electricity. This roof is 70% of ideal, which means it produces significantly less than an 85% or 90% roof. But panel prices have come down so much in recent years that […]

This barn renovation included solar energy panels – now that’s what we like to see! More and more people factor solar into their new homes and renovations. In fact, in Massachusetts, new homes are required to be “solar ready”. And check out the metal roof. We like to brag about how long solar panels last […]

This is the fifth and largest system New England Clean Energy has installed at Nature’s Classroom in Charlton, Mass. Our first system in 2010 had 72, 210-watt panels for 15 kilowatts (kW) of power production capacity. Since then, panel efficiency and therefore production capability has continually increased. This system has 200 SunPower panels of 340-watt capacity […]