Construction On Mansfield Landfill Solar Project Starts Under State Clean Energy Program
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Mansfield-Storrs, CT | News | 8h Construction On Mansfield Landfill Solar Project Starts Under State Clean Energy Program The parent company said the Mansfield project turns a closed landfill into a clean energy asset with town revenue. Chris Dehnel , Patch Staff
MANSFIELD, CT — Construction is underway on a solar energy installation at a municipal landfill site in Mansfield, according to Verogy, a West Hartford-based distributed energy developer.
The company said the project is participating in Connecticut's Non-Residential Renewable Energy Solutions, or NRES, program, which supports non-residential solar projects that deliver power to the grid.
Under the state program, non-residential solar project owners are compensated for the clean power their systems produce. Verogy said projects built on capped landfills and brownfields receive a 20 percent bid price preference in the state's procurement process.
According to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 14 projects totaling more than 17 megawatts of power have been sited on landfills through the NRES program to date. Verogy described landfill solar as a growing model for putting closed disposal sites back into productive use.
For host towns, the company said the arrangement can bring rental income, increased tax revenues and local job creation, while Verogy handles development, construction and long-term operations.
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