Atlanta Landfill Solar Panels

19 january 2011 republic services owner of the hickory ridge is closing the landfill and turning it into a solar farm using 2 million in federal stimulus money a new kind of solar panel and help from the georgia environmental facilities authority gefa according to a report by the atlanta journal constitution.

Atlanta landfill solar panels.

Solar panels will sit on top. The 48 acre dekalb county waste mound was outfitted with 10 acres worth of solar panels and can now produce around one megawatt of power. The hickory ridge landfill solar energy cover uses nearly 7 000 solar panels to generate more than 1 million kilowatt hours of renewable electricity annually. Each photovoltaic roll was rated at 5 184 wp dc.

Designed by pennsylvania s carlisle energy the. I m confident this will be. On completion later this year it will be one of the biggest single producers. The solar panel area is located on the landfill s south slope and covers approximately 10 acres of the 45 acre site.

Despite this cs energy still built a workforce that was 80 local ohio residents and in the process was able to train those who were new to solar. The hickory ridge landfill solar energy cover uses over 7 000 solar panels to convert sunlight into more than 1 megawatt of clean renewable electricity for the owner republic services and the local community. In atlanta s case she thinks the city s solar farming plan is probably the best thing the city could do with the former landfill sites. It s a win win situation kiernan says.

Visible from planes flying overhead in and out of hartsfield jackson international airport the project is the world s largest landfill solar energy cap officials said. A one megawatt photovoltaic solar panel array is located on the southwest and southeast slopes of the landfill in an area approximately ten acres.