MassDEP has issued post-closure use permits allowing for the development of solar and wind projects on closed landfills across Massachusetts. Approved projects are listed alphabetically by community below.
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Closed Landfills with Permits for Renewable Energy
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Communities A-C
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Acton Landfill, 9/26/2012
(English, PDF 108.92 KB)
1.59 megawatt solar array on 17.5-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
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Adams Landfill, 1/5/2012
(English, PDF 76.71 KB)
1.1 megawatt solar array on 5-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
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Agawam: Grasso Landfill, 1/6/2012
(English, PDF 65.28 KB)
1.98 megawatt solar array on 9.5-acre site. Operating since April 2013.
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Amesbury: Hunt Road Landfill, 4/9/2015
(English, PDF 89.49 KB)
5.96 megawatt solar array on 28.3-acre site. Operating since April 2017.
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Amesbury: Titcomb Pit Landfill, 8/1/2018
(English, PDF 213.82 KB)
4.6 megawatt solar array on 14.5-acre site. Operating since February 2020.
Open PDF file, 89.75 KB,
Aquinnah Landfill, 9/5/2012
(English, PDF 89.75 KB)
0.048 megawatt solar array on 0.3-acre site. Operating since December 2012.
Open PDF file, 79.5 KB,
Ashland Landfill, 4/1/2016
(English, PDF 79.5 KB)
0.907 megawatt solar array on 3.1-acre site. Operating since May 2018.
Open PDF file, 264.44 KB,
Ayer Sanitary Landfill, 4/10/2018
(English, PDF 264.44 KB)
0.92 megawatt solar array on 4.9-acre site. Operating since June 2020.
Open PDF file, 110.76 KB,
Barnstable Municipal Landfill, 12/27/2011
(English, PDF 110.76 KB)
4.0 megawatt solar array on 52-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
Open PDF file, 240.86 KB,
Barnstable: Former Cape Resources Construction & Demolition Landfill, 7/28/2016
(English, PDF 240.86 KB)
3.7 megawatt solar array on 38-acre site.
Open PDF file, 95.3 KB,
Bellingham Sanitary Landfill, 12/21/2015
(English, PDF 95.3 KB)
4.2 megawatt solar array on 13.5-acre site, Operating since December 2016.
Open PDF file, 232.89 KB,
Berkley Landfill, 2/25/2016
(English, PDF 232.89 KB)
3.66 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site. Operating since April 2017.
Open PDF file, 161.24 KB,
Beverly: Brimbal Avenue Landfill, Modified 12/30/2019
(English, PDF 161.24 KB)
4.9 megawatt solar array on 20-acre site.
Open PDF file, 1.04 MB,
Billerica: Shaffer Landfill, 9/7/2012 (Initial Permit)
(English, PDF 1.04 MB)
5.99 megawatt solar array on 63-acre site. Operating since August 2014.
Open PDF file, 94.09 KB,
Billerica: Shaffer Landfill, 11/22/2013 (Modification)
(English, PDF 94.09 KB)
Open PDF file, 86.1 KB,
Boxford Landfill, 11/9/2016
(English, PDF 86.1 KB)
0.912 megawatt solar array on 3.2-acre site. Operating since August 2017.
Open PDF file, 136.28 KB,
Braintree Landfill, 9/4/2014
(English, PDF 136.28 KB)
1.263 megawatt solar array on 22-acre site. Operating since January 2015.
Open PDF file, 99.85 KB,
Brewster Landfill, 12/30/2011
(English, PDF 99.85 KB)
1.2 megawatt solar array on 16-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
Open PDF file, 106.7 KB,
Bridgewater: Chuckran Corp. Landfill, 6/19/2017
(English, PDF 106.7 KB)
1.8 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
Open PDF file, 156.89 KB,
Brockton Sanitary Landfill, 10/5/2016
(English, PDF 156.89 KB)
4.6 megawatt solar array on 11-acre site.
Open PDF file, 91.73 KB,
Brookfield Landfill, 9/13/2012
(English, PDF 91.73 KB)
0.575 megawatt solar array on 15.7-acre site. Operating since September 2013.
Open PDF file, 87.31 KB,
Canton Landfill, 12/30/2010 (Initial Permit)
(English, PDF 87.31 KB)
5.6 megawatt solar array on 15-acre site. Operating since August 2012.
Open PDF file, 275.44 KB,
Carver: North Carver Landfill, 2/3/2016
(English, PDF 275.44 KB)
1.7 megawatt solar array on 8-acre site.
Open PDF file, 90.69 KB,
Carver: Ravenbrook Fams Landfill, 10/10/2012
(English, PDF 90.69 KB)
6.0 megawatt solar array on 14-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
Open PDF file, 94.02 KB,
Chatham Landfill, 12/27/2011
(English, PDF 94.02 KB)
1.9 megawatt solar array on 16.5-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
Open PDF file, 212.98 KB,
Chelmsford Landfill, 7/13/2018
(English, PDF 212.98 KB)
1.56 megawatt solar array on 6.8-acre site (as modified in 2020).
Open PDF file, 177.58 KB,
Chelmsford Landfill, 7/8/2020 (Permit Modification)
(English, PDF 177.58 KB)
Open PDF file, 104.31 KB,
Chicopee Elks Landfill, 6/9/2014
(English, PDF 104.31 KB)
2.3 megawatt solar array on 9.6-acre site. Operating since January 2015.
Open PDF file, 112.62 KB,
Chilmark Landfill, 4/17/2014
(English, PDF 112.62 KB)
0.099 megawatt solar array on 6-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
Open PDF file, 126.17 KB,
Cohasset: Cedar Street Landfill, 12/27/2016
(English, PDF 126.17 KB)
0.56 megawatt solar array on 1.7-acre site. Operating since September 2017.
Open PDF file, 82.29 KB,
Concord Landfill, 8/19/2013
(English, PDF 82.29 KB)
1.75 megawatt solar array on 4.1-acre site. Operating since April 2014.
Communities D-F
Open PDF file, 110.63 KB,
Dalton: Dalton & Warren Farms Landfills, 6/30/2014
(English, PDF 110.63 KB)
Dalton: 1.2 megawatt solar array on 5-acre site. Warren Farms: 2.0 megawatt solar array on 8.5-acre site.
Open PDF file, 100.42 KB,
Dartmouth: Russels Mills Landfill, 7/24/2012
(English, PDF 100.42 KB)
1.4 megawatt solar array on 6.3-acre site. Operating since March 2013.
Open PDF file, 88.62 KB,
Dennis Landfill, 8/2/2012
(English, PDF 88.62 KB)
6.0 megawatt solar array on 25-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
Open PDF file, 92.99 KB,
Dover Landfill, 9/22/2016
(English, PDF 92.99 KB)
1.6 megawatt solar array on 6.5-acre site. Operating since November 2017.
Open PDF file, 115.56 KB,
Duxbury Landfill, 12/3/2012
(English, PDF 115.56 KB)
0.5 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site. Operating since June 2014.
Open PDF file, 2.22 MB,
East Bridgewater: Republic Services Landfill, 6/24/2016
(English, PDF 2.22 MB)
3.2 megawatt solar array on 50-acre site.
Open PDF file, 94.17 KB,
Eastham Landfill, 12/20/2011
(English, PDF 94.17 KB)
0.63 megawatt solar array on 10.4-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
Open PDF file, 72.86 KB,
Easthampton: Oliver Street Landfill, 8/9/2011
(English, PDF 72.86 KB)
2.3 megawatt solar array on 11-acre site. Operating since June 2012.
Open PDF file, 113.55 KB,
Easton Landfill, 12/26/2012
(English, PDF 113.55 KB)
1.86 megawatt solar array on 20-acre site. Operating since April 2014.
Open PDF file, 92.27 KB,
Fairhaven Sanitary Landfill, 12/30/2010
(English, PDF 92.27 KB)
0.578 megawatt solar array on site of less than 3 acres. Operating since March 2013.
Open PDF file, 204.01 KB,
Falmouth Landfill, 1/29/2016
(English, PDF 204.01 KB)
4.5 megawatt solar array on 24.8-acre site. Operating since April 2017.
Open PDF file, 307.37 KB,
Foxborough Landfill, 6/2/2015 (Initial Permit)
(English, PDF 307.37 KB)
1.556 megawatt solar array on 5.5-acre site.
Open PDF file, 57.19 KB,
Foxborough Landfill, 9/22/2016 (Transfer of Permit)
(English, PDF 57.19 KB)
Communities G-I
Open PDF file, 104.69 KB,
Greenfield: Wisdom Way Landfill, 9/1/2010 (Initial Permit)
(English, PDF 104.69 KB)
2.0 megawatt solar array on 23-acre site. Operating since June 2012.
Open PDF file, 66.44 KB,
Greenfield: Wisdom Way Landfill, 6/22/2011 (Permit Modification)
(English, PDF 66.44 KB)
Open PDF file, 98.32 KB,
Groton Landfill, 6/22/2016
(English, PDF 98.32 KB)
2.93 megawatt solar array on 8-acre site. Operating since July 2016.
Open PDF file, 219.29 KB,
Hamilton Landfill, 7/12/2018
(English, PDF 219.29 KB)
0.93 megawatt solar array on 3.1-acre site.
Open PDF file, 93.62 KB,
Harwich Municipal Landfill, 12/20/2011
(English, PDF 93.62 KB)
4.0 megawatt solar array on 28-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
Open PDF file, 207.58 KB,
Haverhill Landfill, 12/17/2019
(English, PDF 207.58 KB)
3.4 megawatt solar array on 7.8 acre site.
Open PDF file, 185.27 KB,
Haverhill Landfill (Permit Modification), 12/1/2020
(English, PDF 185.27 KB)
Open PDF file, 106.21 KB,
Haverhill: Ward Hill Neck Landfill, 10/21/2011
(English, PDF 106.21 KB)
0.457 megawatt solar array on westerly and southeasterly slopes of closed/capped Phase XI & XII sections.
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Hudson: Hudson-Stow Landfill, 8/17/2016
(English, PDF 457.66 KB)
5.0 megawatt solar array on 29-acre site. Operating since July 2017.
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Hull Sanitary Landfill, 8/23/2005
(English, PDF 86.81 KB)
1.8 megawatt wind turbine. Operating since May 2006.
Communities J-L
Open PDF file, 58.05 KB,
Kingston Sanitary Landfill, 5/27/2011
(English, PDF 58.05 KB)
1.8 megawatt wind turbine. Operating since June 2012.
Open PDF file, 68.06 KB,
Lancaster Landfill, 9/26/2011
(English, PDF 68.06 KB)
0.5 megawatt solar array on 2.78-acre gravel pit adjacent to the closed landfill. Operating since September 2013.
Open PDF file, 98.23 KB,
Lee Landfill, 3/1/2013
(English, PDF 98.23 KB)
0.46 megawatt solar array on 2.5-acre site.
Open PDF file, 196.12 KB,
Lee: Schweitzer-Mauduit Capped Landfill, 11/24/2015
(English, PDF 196.12 KB)
2.7 megawatt solar array on 7-acre site. Operating since Apil 2017.
Open PDF file, 128.37 KB,
Lenox: Willow Creek Road Landfill, 10/3/2016
(English, PDF 128.37 KB)
0.7488 megawatt solar array on 3-acre site. Operating since December 2017.
Open PDF file, 134.59 KB,
Lowell: Westford Street Landfill, 5/20/2013
(English, PDF 134.59 KB)
1.5 megawatt solar array on 42-acre site. Operating since January 2014.
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Ludlow Landfill, 9/14/2012
(English, PDF 73.39 KB)
2.6 megawatt solar array on 10-acre site. Operating since September 2013.
Communities M-O
Open PDF file, 115.15 KB,
Marshfield: Sylvester Ray Construction & Demolition Debris Landfill, 12/30/2011
(English, PDF 115.15 KB)
3.99 megawatt solar array on 27-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
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Mashpee Landfill, 10/25/2012
(English, PDF 95.62 KB)
1.83 megawatt solar array on 22-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
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Maynard Landfill, 9/18/2012
(English, PDF 93.28 KB)
1.2 megawatt solar array on 4.8-acre site. Operating since January 2014.
Open PDF file, 153.02 KB,
Methuen Landfill, 8/8/2012
(English, PDF 153.02 KB)
1.287 megawatt solar array on 4.7-acre site. Operating since August 2013.
Open PDF file, 224.98 KB,
Montague: Sandy Lane Landfill, 7/5/2017
(English, PDF 224.98 KB)
5.92 megawatt solar array on 19.5-acre site. Operating since August 2018.
Open PDF file, 79.14 KB,
Needham Sanitary Landfill, 7/29/2014
(English, PDF 79.14 KB)
3.7 megawatt solar array on 75.4-acre site. Operating since February 2016.
Open PDF file, 219.19 KB,
Newbury: Newbury Landfill, 1/3/2022
(English, PDF 219.19 KB)
0.582 megawatt solar array on 2.37-acre site.
Open PDF file, 224.29 KB,
Newburyport: Crow Lane Landfill, 3/11/2020
(English, PDF 224.29 KB)
1.7 megawatt solar array on 6.7-acre site.
Open PDF file, 83.15 KB,
Newton: Rumford Avenue Landfill, 12/29/2016
(English, PDF 83.15 KB)
2.137 megawatt solar array on 9-acre site. Operating since July 2017.
Open PDF file, 59.07 KB,
Norfolk Landfill (Phase 1), 11/4/2011
(English, PDF 59.07 KB)
0.55 megawatt solar array on 1.58-acre site. Operating since June 2012.
Open PDF file, 66.26 KB,
Norfolk Landfill (Phase 2), 12/21/2011
(English, PDF 66.26 KB)
1.05 megawatt solar array on 3.5-acre site. Operating since June 2012.
Open PDF file, 146.09 KB,
North Adams: E Street Landfill, 9/9/2014
(English, PDF 146.09 KB)
3.6 megawatt solar array on 11.7-acre site. Operating since July 2015.
Open PDF file, 1.16 MB,
Northampton Landfill, 5/31/2016
(English, PDF 1.16 MB)
3.12 megawatt solar array on 23.3-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
Open PDF file, 215.74 KB,
Norton Landfill, 5/13/2015
(English, PDF 215.74 KB)
1.9 megawatt solar array on 8.5-acre site. Operating since December 2016.
Open PDF file, 110.55 KB,
Orleans Sanitary Landfill, 10/31/2013
(English, PDF 110.55 KB)
0.574 megawatt solar array on 3.4-acre site. Operating since May 2015.
Communities P-R
Open PDF file, 226.65 KB,
Palmer: Emery Street Landfill, 8/11/2015 (Initial Permit)
(English, PDF 226.65 KB)
5.0 megawatt solar array on 27-acre site. Operating since December 2016.
Open PDF file, 253.83 KB,
Palmer: Emery Street Landfill, 6/3/2016 (Permit Amendment)
(English, PDF 253.83 KB)
Open PDF file, 127.31 KB,
Pembroke Landfill, 1/6/2017
(English, PDF 127.31 KB)
2.7 megawatt solar array on 9-acre site.
Open PDF file, 226.77 KB,
Pittsfield Municipal Landfill, 11/6/2015
(English, PDF 226.77 KB)
2.91 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site. Operating since January 2017.
Open PDF file, 238.62 KB,
Plainville Landfill, 7/1/2016
(English, PDF 238.62 KB)
6.0 megawatt solar array on 30-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
Open PDF file, 96.72 KB,
Provincetown Landfill/Transfer Station, 11/1/2013
(English, PDF 96.72 KB)
0.153 megawatt solar array on transfer station site abutting landfill.
Open PDF file, 2.31 MB,
Randolph: BFI Landfill, 6/16/2016
(English, PDF 2.31 MB)
4.8 megawatt solar array on 30-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
Open PDF file, 890.96 KB,
Raynham Municipal Landfill, 5/16/2018
(English, PDF 890.96 KB)
3.0 megawatt solar array on 24.5-acre site. Operating since December 2018.
Open PDF file, 161.73 KB,
Rehoboth Landfill, 12/4/2015
(English, PDF 161.73 KB)
2.49 megawatt solar array on 9-acre site. Operating since December 2015.
Open PDF file, 91.16 KB,
Rockland: Beech Street Landfill, 10/2/2012
(English, PDF 91.16 KB)
2.6 megawatt solar array on 7.5-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
Communities S-U
Open PDF file, 1.45 MB,
Saugus: Main Street Landfill, 2/23/2016
(English, PDF 1.45 MB)
1.66 megawatt solar array on 4-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
Open PDF file, 90.84 KB,
Scituate Landfill, 9/9/2011
(English, PDF 90.84 KB)
3.0 megawatt solar array on 29-acre site. Operating since September 2013.
Open PDF file, 91.38 KB,
Shirley Landfill, 3/20/2015
(English, PDF 91.38 KB)
1.4 megawatt solar array on 3-acre site. Operating since May 2017.
Open PDF file, 256.73 KB,
Shrewsbury Landfill, 1/22/2018
(English, PDF 256.73 KB)
4.4 megawatt solar array on 10-acre site.
Open PDF file, 914.9 KB,
Somerset Landfill, 4/24/2019
(English, PDF 914.9 KB)
3.316 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site.
Open PDF file, 80.48 KB,
Springfield: Cottage Street Landfill, 3/4/2011 (Initial Permit)
(English, PDF 80.48 KB)
3.9 megawatt solar array on 53-acre site. Operating since May 2014.
Open PDF file, 69 KB,
Springfield: Cottage Street Landfill, 8/16/2013 (Permit Modification)
(English, PDF 69 KB)
Open PDF file, 206.82 KB,
Springfield: Crane Foundry Sand Landfill, 8/17/2018
(English, PDF 206.82 KB)
3.5 megawatt solar array on 22-acre site.
Open PDF file, 106.39 KB,
Springfield: Delta Hills Landfill, 6/20/2014
(English, PDF 106.39 KB)
2.6 megawatt solar array on 8-acre site. Operating since January 2015.
Open PDF file, 296.75 KB,
Stockbridge Landfill, 8/11/2016
(English, PDF 296.75 KB)
0.9 megawatt solar array on 2.6-acre site. Operating since February 2018.
Open PDF file, 301.22 KB,
Stoughton Landfill, 9/5/2018
(English, PDF 301.22 KB)
1.2 megawatt solar array on 3.25-acre site.
Open PDF file, 83.03 KB,
Sudbury: Sand Hill Landfill, 4/12/2013
(English, PDF 83.03 KB)
1.512 megawatt solar array on 7-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
Open PDF file, 224.28 KB,
Tewksbury: Sutton Brook Disposal Area (Rocco Landfill), 6/3/2020
(English, PDF 224.28 KB)
3.0 megawatt solar array on 11-acre site.
Open PDF file, 96.61 KB,
Tisbury Landfill, 12/30/2011
(English, PDF 96.61 KB)
1.2 megawatt solar array on 15-acre site. Operating since July 2014.
Communities V-Z
Open PDF file, 110.85 KB,
Walpole: Bird Inc. Landfill, 10/5/2016
(English, PDF 110.85 KB)
2.4 megawatt solar array on 8.5-acre site. Operating since July 2017.
Open PDF file, 241.05 KB,
Ware Landfill, 7/6/2018
(English, PDF 241.05 KB)
0.99 megawatt solar array on 4.6-acre site.
Open PDF file, 309.16 KB,
Warren: South Street Landfill, 8/19/2016
(English, PDF 309.16 KB)
1.34 megawatt solar array on 4.9-acre site. Operating since May 2017.
Open PDF file, 90.42 KB,
Webster Landfill, 3/9/2015
(English, PDF 90.42 KB)
1.8 megawatt solar array on 15-acre site. Operating since December 2016.
Open PDF file, 285.89 KB,
Wellfleet Landfill, 10/12/2018
(English, PDF 285.89 KB)
0.905 megawatt solar array on 7.4-acre site.
Open PDF file, 111.5 KB,
Westfield: Twiss Street Landfill, 7/3/2014
(English, PDF 111.5 KB)
2.3 megawatt solar array on 8.5-acre site. Operating since January 2015.
Open PDF file, 374.52 KB,
Weston Landfill, 7/30/2015
(English, PDF 374.52 KB)
2.27 megawatt solar array on 9.9-acre site. Operating since April 2016.
Open PDF file, 288.62 KB,
Westport Landfill, 9/17/2018
(English, PDF 288.62 KB)
0.62 megawatt solar array on 2-acre site. Operating since August 2019.
Open PDF file, 107.32 KB,
West Tisbury Landfill, 10/31/2013
(English, PDF 107.32 KB)
0.884 megawatt solar array on 9-acre site. Operating since October 2014.
Open PDF file, 228.92 KB,
Wilbraham Landfill, 5/18/2016
(English, PDF 228.92 KB)
0.927 megawatt solar array on 3.7-acre site. Operating since September 2016.
Open PDF file, 215.43 KB,
Williamstown Phase I Landfill, 11/10/2015
(English, PDF 215.43 KB)
1.902 megawatt solar array on 18.8-acre site. Operating since November 2017.
Open PDF file, 71.95 KB,
Winchenden Landfill, 7/1/2011
(English, PDF 71.95 KB)
2.725 megawatt solar array on a site abutting the landfill. Operating since August 2018.
Open PDF file, 75.05 KB,
Woburn Landfill, 11/10/2015
(English, PDF 75.05 KB)
3.4 megawatt solar array on 11-acre site. Operating since July 2017.
Open PDF file, 202.83 KB,
Worcester: Greenwood Street Landfill, 2/25/2016
(English, PDF 202.83 KB)
5.6 megawatt solar array on 26-acre site. Operating since May 2017.
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