Renewable Energy at Closed Landfills

January 2010 Workshop Presentations

The Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and Department of Energy Resources (DOER) , with support from the Environmental Business Council of New England, presented this workshop on January 19, 2010, in Holyoke. 

The program focused on assessing the redevelopment potential of closed landfill sites, navigating the permitting process and harnessing state renewable energy incentives, and included case studies of two renewable energy installations on closed municipal landfills: a 500 kilowatt solar array at the Pennsauken Landfill Renewable Energy Park in New Jersey and a 1.8 megawatt wind turbine in Hull, Massachusetts.  You may review the day's presentations below.

Laying the Groundwork for Your Project

Siting & Installation Considerations

Briony Angus & Dana Huff, Tighe & Bond
MS Powerpoint 9.7 MB | PDF 1.6 MB

Landfill Post Closure Use Permitting Guidelines

Dan Hall, MassDEP
MS Powerpoint 3.5 MB | PDF 147 KB

Interconnection of Distributed Generation & Net Metering in Massachusetts

Tim Roughan, National Grid
MS Powerpoint 1.0 MB | PDF 515 KB

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Solar: Pennsauken Landfill, New Jersey

Mark Messics, PPL Renewable Energy
PDF 4.5 MB

Wind: Hull Municipal Landfill, Massachusetts

Stephen Wright, SEA Consultants Inc. & Marc Fournier, Lasell College
PDF 9.8 MB

Getting Your Project off the Ground

Incentives for Renewable Energy Projects

Natalie Howlett, DOER
MS Powerpoint 1.9 MB | PDF 1.0 MB

The Green Communities Division: Partnering with Cities & Towns

Meg Lusardi, DOER
MS Powerpoint 1.2 MB | PDF 219 KB

Procurement of Renewable Energy on Landfills

Courtney Feeley Karp, DOER
MS Powerpoint 391 KB | PDF 189 KB

WMECo Solar Program & Utility Ownership: One Part of a Portfolio of Options

Carl Frattini, Northeast Utilities
MS Powerpoint 6214 KB | PDF 357 KB

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