Flatiron Energy

Industrial-strength battery storage wins zoning approval in Chelsea

By adamg - 10/18/24 - 9:51 am

The Chelsea Record reports the Chelsea zoning board has approved plans by Flatiron Energy for a two-story building full of lithium batteries on Eastern Avenue to serve the local electrical grid. The company has proposed a similar facility on Electric Avenue in Brighton.

Residents near a proposed Brighton battery facility wanted to hear about fire protection; company spoke instead about its building's architecture, proposed trees and plans to widen sidewalks

By adamg - 10/10/24 - 11:20 am

The co-founder of Flatiron Energy of Boulder, CO met with Brighton residents yesterday to talk at length about the company's proposal for a two-story, 62,000-square foot building filled with lithium-ion batteries on Electric Avenue - except for the one thing most of them wanted to hear more about: How the company would protect them from the risk of a fire at a large electric facility as close as 40 feet to some residents' property. Read more.

Councilors to look into large battery storage systems planned for Brighton and the Roslindale/Hyde Park line

By adamg - 10/9/24 - 3:01 pm

The City Council agreed today to look into the environmental and safety issues related to plans for at least two industrial-sized electricity-storage plants, one on the aptly named Electric Avenue in Brighton, the other on a wooded hill behind the Stop & Shop mall on American Legion Highway on the Roslindale/Hyde Park meet that was most recently in the news for being the summer home of Moodini the Steer. Read more.

Big Battery gets closer in Chelsea

By adamg - 10/4/24 - 9:38 am

The Chelsea Record reports the city Planning Board has approved a proposed industrial-strength battery complex on Eastern Avenue that will use two floors of batteries to store electricity for the local grid for times when it just needs some more juice. Flatiron Energy's proposal now goes to the city zoning board. Read more.

Company charges forward with large-scale power-storage building in Brighton

By adamg - 9/8/24 - 12:44 pm

Rendering of proposed battery building in Brighton

Feel the sine wave of surging AC in this rendering by Burns & McDonnell and RODE Architects.

A Boulder, CO company last week filed plans for the two-story, 50-foot-tall big battery building it's proposing for, really, the best street in all of Boston for something like that: Electric Avenue in Brighton. Read more.

Company hopes Boston gets a charge out of its plans for a large battery system on Electric Avenue

By adamg - 6/11/24 - 9:35 am

A Colorado company that builds industrial-sized battery systems for use in electrical grids says it will soon file plans to build a two-story "battery energy storage system" at 35 Electric Ave. in Brighton. Read more.