What could we erect in terms of solar wind hydropower on state owned facilities, and the results are remarkable, State environmental secretary Ian Bowles said. A lot of opportunities.
At present, Massachusetts government facilities produce electricity sufficient for 8,400 homes power requirements for a year.
They have to meet some strict environmental criteria, Bowles said.
It’s not like ‘sure no problem’, Kate Bowditch said. By the same token, I don’t think we should write it off out of hand.
There’s just a lot of research that would need to be done, Environmentalist Kate Bowditch, with the Charles River Watershed Association, said.
New England was built on hydropower, Bowditch said. There are 20 dams on the Charles River. So it makes sense to think about whether we have opportunities like this in Massachusetts.
