is evaluating these options. Once it issues a final report later this year, we should have more clarity about what the state can — and probably should — do.Massachusetts aims to have 1,000 megawatts of battery storage by 2025, and according to the report, with 300 megawatts up and running and another 800 in the pipeline, “the Commonwealth is well on its way toward meeting the target.”
Decarbonize the grid, i.e., getting electricity from renewables instead of natural gas and oil-fired power plantsTo achieve both of these things, the state recommends continuing to contract for more offshore wind power, putting up more solar panels and importing more hydroelectric power from Canada. Using 1990 emissions levels as a baseline, the new plan sets a target of a 34% reduction by 2025 and 48% by 2030. It also offers more specific goals for certain sub-sectors.To achieve these goals, the report says the state needs to do several thing:
Set tighter emission standards for solid waste incinerators while also working to reduce the amount of garbage created in the state.Natural and working landsNatural and working lands in the state currently store at least 0.6 gigatons of carbon, which is as much as the state has emitted over the past 25 years.
Though natural lands have been a net carbon sink, the plan calls for further reducing emissions from the 1990 base level — 19% by 2025 and 25% by 2030.Permanently conserve 63,400 more acres of undeveloped land and water in the state by 2025, and 167,000 acres by 2030. Find ways to incentivize private landowners to adopt “climate smart management practices,” which could include preserving forested land and promoting sustainable timber harvests.
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