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Don't Overlook a Shining Opportunity

Insights, Business, Solar Power, Customer Generation
January 17, 2012 | By Nikki Chandler

Energy price volatility can wreak havoc on municipal budgets, and most long-term projections show increasing electricity costs. Meanwhile, many states have set ambitious renewable energy portfolio standards and targets, which, combined with available credits, tax benefits and incentives, have turned affordable renewable energy into a hot commodity. Fortunately, many communities have prime solar energy development parcels sitting vacant, practically hiding in plain sight: closed landfills.

American City & County features a viewpoint article from Alan Benevides, a senior vice president for Woodard & Curran in Andover, Mass., in which he says that siting a solar installation on a closed landfill can be a major boon for a community, providing a source of low-cost renewable energy while bringing underused land into productive and profitable use. Many closed landfills have ideal characteristics for solar installations, including large open spaces, good sun exposure, little to no land value, limited options for alternate use, and relatively low likelihood of public opposition to the project.

Benevides presents a step-by-step guide on determining the suitability of a municipal landfill for solar development. Those vacant landfills may represent an opportunity that is too good to pass up, he contends. 

Insights, Business, Solar Power, Customer Generation

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