Clean Harbors Deploys Solar Array atop Closed Landfill

Date: September 9, 2010

Source: Clean Harbors

As part of an initiative to commercially develop some of its many properties, special waste services company Clean Harbors (Norwell, MA) announced plans to erect 6,500 solar panels atop a now closed hazardous landfill in Gloucester county, NJ. The $7.2 million array will cover 90 acres of the site with an array of 6-by-3 foot panels to generate 1.5 megawatts of electricity or enough to power 1,100 homes. The project was made more appealing by state incentives to encourage renewable energy development called Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs). SRECs are funded by utility ratepayers and traded like commodities. Leading the effort for the project is Bill Geary who was appointed president of Clean Harbors Development, LLC when it was formed in December 2008 to take advantage of immediate opportunities to develop portions of the 16,000 acres of property the company owns throughout North America.

See also: "Clean Harbors Forms New Subsidiary to Commercially Develop its Properties," (www.wasteinfo.com/news/wbj20081202C.htm).

Sign up to receive our free Weekly News Bulletin