The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Turns 10

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has been in business for 10 years. The state economic development agency promotes the development and adoption of clean energy technologies. One of the center’s projects is Solarize Mass, which helps towns in the state run campaigns that boost the amount of residential rooftop solar in their communities.

We can also thank the center for its role in helping launch Energy Sage, a website that makes it easy for homeowners to get detailed quotes from solar installers. If you haven’t already, plug your address into their form and watch for the quotes to come in. They include costs, return on investment, carbon savings and a plot of your roof showing where the installer would put panels.

Here’s to 10 more years of Massachusetts boosting clean energy.

How Much Solar is in Roslindale?

By Amy Galblum 

GreeningRozzie is looking for ways to expand the number of homes and businesses in Roslindale with solar panels. 

Our first step toward that effort is to count and map the solar installations that already exist. To that end, members of GreeningRozzie and other Rozzidents have been walking the streets of our neighborhoods looking at the roofs and counting the number of solar panels that we see. 

You might think that the City of Boston would have this information available. They did start collecting data on home solar installations, but their data is unfortunately many years out of date. 

This is a great socially distanced activity and a way to familiarize yourself with your own area of Roslindale – and also areas that are not so familiar. We have a list of streets that have been tallied and more that need to be walked and counted. 

Contact us if you'd like to get involved in helping with the Roslindale solar count by walking the streets of Roslindale.