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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Communities A-C
1.59 megawatt solar array on 17.5-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
1.1 megawatt solar array on 5-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
1.98 megawatt solar array on 9.5-acre site. Operating since April 2013.
5.96 megawatt solar array on 28.3-acre site. Operating since April 2017.
4.6 megawatt solar array on 14.5-acre site. Operating since February 2020.
0.048 megawatt solar array on 0.3-acre site. Operating since December 2012.
0.907 megawatt solar array on 3.1-acre site. Operating since May 2018.
0.92 megawatt solar array on 4.9-acre site. Operating since June 2020.
4.0 megawatt solar array on 52-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
3.7 megawatt solar array on 38-acre site.
4.2 megawatt solar array on 13.5-acre site, Operating since December 2016.
3.66 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site. Operating since April 2017.
4.9 megawatt solar array on 20-acre site.
5.99 megawatt solar array on 63-acre site. Operating since August 2014.
0.912 megawatt solar array on 3.2-acre site. Operating since August 2017.
1.263 megawatt solar array on 22-acre site. Operating since January 2015.
1.2 megawatt solar array on 16-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
1.8 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
4.6 megawatt solar array on 11-acre site.
0.575 megawatt solar array on 15.7-acre site. Operating since September 2013.
5.6 megawatt solar array on 15-acre site. Operating since August 2012.
1.7 megawatt solar array on 8-acre site.
6.0 megawatt solar array on 14-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
1.9 megawatt solar array on 16.5-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
1.56 megawatt solar array on 6.8-acre site (as modified in 2020).
2.3 megawatt solar array on 9.6-acre site. Operating since January 2015.
0.099 megawatt solar array on 6-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
0.56 megawatt solar array on 1.7-acre site. Operating since September 2017.
1.75 megawatt solar array on 4.1-acre site. Operating since April 2014.
Communities D-F
Dalton: 1.2 megawatt solar array on 5-acre site. Warren Farms: 2.0 megawatt solar array on 8.5-acre site.
1.4 megawatt solar array on 6.3-acre site. Operating since March 2013.
6.0 megawatt solar array on 25-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
1.6 megawatt solar array on 6.5-acre site. Operating since November 2017.
0.5 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site. Operating since June 2014.
3.2 megawatt solar array on 50-acre site.
0.63 megawatt solar array on 10.4-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
2.3 megawatt solar array on 11-acre site. Operating since June 2012.
1.86 megawatt solar array on 20-acre site. Operating since April 2014.
0.578 megawatt solar array on site of less than 3 acres. Operating since March 2013.
4.5 megawatt solar array on 24.8-acre site. Operating since April 2017.
1.556 megawatt solar array on 5.5-acre site.
Communities G-I
2.0 megawatt solar array on 23-acre site. Operating since June 2012.
2.93 megawatt solar array on 8-acre site. Operating since July 2016.
0.93 megawatt solar array on 3.1-acre site.
4.0 megawatt solar array on 28-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
3.4 megawatt solar array on 7.8 acre site.
0.457 megawatt solar array on westerly and southeasterly slopes of closed/capped Phase XI & XII sections.
5.0 megawatt solar array on 29-acre site. Operating since July 2017.
1.8 megawatt wind turbine. Operating since May 2006.
Communities J-L
1.8 megawatt wind turbine. Operating since June 2012.
0.5 megawatt solar array on 2.78-acre gravel pit adjacent to the closed landfill. Operating since September 2013.
0.46 megawatt solar array on 2.5-acre site.
2.7 megawatt solar array on 7-acre site. Operating since Apil 2017.
0.7488 megawatt solar array on 3-acre site. Operating since December 2017.
1.5 megawatt solar array on 42-acre site. Operating since January 2014.
2.6 megawatt solar array on 10-acre site. Operating since September 2013.
Communities M-O
3.99 megawatt solar array on 27-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
1.83 megawatt solar array on 22-acre site. Operating since September 2014.
1.2 megawatt solar array on 4.8-acre site. Operating since January 2014.
1.287 megawatt solar array on 4.7-acre site. Operating since August 2013.
5.92 megawatt solar array on 19.5-acre site. Operating since August 2018.
3.7 megawatt solar array on 75.4-acre site. Operating since February 2016.
0.582 megawatt solar array on 2.37-acre site.
1.7 megawatt solar array on 6.7-acre site.
2.137 megawatt solar array on 9-acre site. Operating since July 2017.
0.55 megawatt solar array on 1.58-acre site. Operating since June 2012.
1.05 megawatt solar array on 3.5-acre site. Operating since June 2012.
3.6 megawatt solar array on 11.7-acre site. Operating since July 2015.
3.12 megawatt solar array on 23.3-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
1.9 megawatt solar array on 8.5-acre site. Operating since December 2016.
0.574 megawatt solar array on 3.4-acre site. Operating since May 2015.
Communities P-R
5.0 megawatt solar array on 27-acre site. Operating since December 2016.
2.7 megawatt solar array on 9-acre site.
2.91 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site. Operating since January 2017.
6.0 megawatt solar array on 30-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
0.153 megawatt solar array on transfer station site abutting landfill.
4.8 megawatt solar array on 30-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
3.0 megawatt solar array on 24.5-acre site. Operating since December 2018.
2.49 megawatt solar array on 9-acre site. Operating since December 2015.
2.6 megawatt solar array on 7.5-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
Communities S-U
1.66 megawatt solar array on 4-acre site. Operating since October 2017.
3.0 megawatt solar array on 29-acre site. Operating since September 2013.
1.4 megawatt solar array on 3-acre site. Operating since May 2017.
4.4 megawatt solar array on 10-acre site.
3.316 megawatt solar array on 12-acre site.
3.9 megawatt solar array on 53-acre site. Operating since May 2014.
3.5 megawatt solar array on 22-acre site.
2.6 megawatt solar array on 8-acre site. Operating since January 2015.
0.9 megawatt solar array on 2.6-acre site. Operating since February 2018.
1.2 megawatt solar array on 3.25-acre site.
1.512 megawatt solar array on 7-acre site. Operating since December 2013.
3.0 megawatt solar array on 11-acre site.
1.2 megawatt solar array on 15-acre site. Operating since July 2014.
Communities V-Z
2.4 megawatt solar array on 8.5-acre site. Operating since July 2017.
0.99 megawatt solar array on 4.6-acre site.
1.34 megawatt solar array on 4.9-acre site. Operating since May 2017.
1.8 megawatt solar array on 15-acre site. Operating since December 2016.
0.905 megawatt solar array on 7.4-acre site.
2.3 megawatt solar array on 8.5-acre site. Operating since January 2015.
2.27 megawatt solar array on 9.9-acre site. Operating since April 2016.
0.62 megawatt solar array on 2-acre site. Operating since August 2019.
0.884 megawatt solar array on 9-acre site. Operating since October 2014.
0.927 megawatt solar array on 3.7-acre site. Operating since September 2016.
1.902 megawatt solar array on 18.8-acre site. Operating since November 2017.
2.725 megawatt solar array on a site abutting the landfill. Operating since August 2018.
3.4 megawatt solar array on 11-acre site. Operating since July 2017.
5.6 megawatt solar array on 26-acre site. Operating since May 2017.
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