What Is Brownfield Solar?

Our mission is to expand access to solar energy, supporting projects that power homes, businesses, and communities. To achieve this goal while using the earth’s resources wisely, we often use brownfield sites for our projects. 

Brownfield locations are former sites of businesses or factories that left chemical contamination in the soil, such as gas stations, dry cleaners, landfills, and industrial facilities. The health risks of this pollution make the land unsuitable for long-term residential, recreational, agricultural, or commercial use.

But there's one use brownfields are perfect for: solar energy.

Solar plants don't require long-term habitation by humans, plants, or animals, so building them on brownfields solves two major issues at once: conserving arable land for other purposes (especially in densely populated or agricultural areas) and generating ROI from formerly unusable land.  

Through brownfield solar installations like our 7.1 MW solar + 4 MW storage Acton project, we’re transforming barren, unusable areas into valuable resources once more.