The latest building proposal facing pushback in Boston isn’t for apartments, offices or labs, it’s for a 50-foot-tall facility filled with batteries.
On a 3-acre site on Electric Avenue in Brighton, Flatiron Energy proposed a 62K SF battery energy storage system that has been met with opposition from community members worried it could cause fires. The facility is expected to be the first of many to move forward in Boston as the city looks to electrify its buildings and modernize its grid.