Tag: landfill

  • Resolving Complexities in a Landfill Community Solar Project, part 2: Construction

    Located on the outskirts of Beverly, Mass., in Essex County, the Beverly Community Solar Project was four and a half years in the making. Early challenges included waiting for an open incentive program that would make the project economically viable. In late 2018, Massachusetts introduced its new solar incentive program,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Kearsarge Energy retains GZA to support brownfield solar project in Massachusetts

    Kearsarge Energy and the Town of Montague, Mass., have tabbed the engineering serviced of GZA to support the brownfield development of a new 3-MW solar energy farm. The project will also involve capping a long-abandoned landfill in the Western Massachusetts community. The new Montague project will include over 7,000 PV panelsRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PSE&G landfill solar farm named New Jersey Renewable Energy Project of the Year

    The New Jersey Association of Energy Engineers (NJAEE) has selected Public Service Electric and Gas Company’s (PSE&G’s) Kinsley Solar Farm as its 2014 renewable energy project of the year. The award was presented at the NJAEE annual awards gala held in Woodbridge, NJ. The 11.18-MW DC Kinsley Solar Farm is locatedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GameChange mounting 25-MW of systems in landfills across three states

    GameChange Racking will be shipping 25-MW of its Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground Systems for installation on landfill sites in Maryland, Connecticut and New Jersey over the next two months. “Our Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground System is suitable not only for landfill applications but also for rocky sites which make installing piles challenging,” said Derick Botha,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • OnForce Solar Installs GameChange Racking on 2.5-MW Landfill Project

    GameChange Racking today announced the Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground System was utilized in the installation of a landfill solar system. OnForce Solar, a leading provider of solar energy systems, recently completed construction of the large-scale 2.364-MW solar array built on a decommissioned, capped landfill in West Nyack for the Town ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine