Should a community be able to reject a solar project to protect its trees? The SJC wades into the controversy in central Mass.

Should a community be able to reject a solar project to protect its trees? The SJC wades into the controversy in central Mass.

THE STATE’S HIGHEST COURT pressed lawyers representing a solar company and a small central Massachusetts town on Wednesday over a denial of a large solar proposal, wading into growing tensions between developers and municipalities around whether and where to site new large energy projects. The arguments centered around a proposal from Sunpin Energy Services to construct more than 12,000 solar panels on a forested section of Petersham, a 1,200-pe…