The benefits of placing solar panels on landfills is being increasingly recognized. The following links describe some success stories from around the US. The project beneficiaries range from local governments, to landfill owners to private businesses responsible for landfill remediation.
March 21, 2012
Project Navigator, Ltd.'s solar power development business unit, PV Navigator, LLC has recently made significant strides in bringing a 1.5MW PV facility online. The development will be located on the cap of the closed Big Bear Landfill in San Bernardino County, CA.
December 9, 2011
PVN positioned to develop a photovoltaic solar power facility on the County of San Bernardino's Milliken Landfill in Ontario, California
December 2, 2011
PVNavigator and County of San Bernardino look into PV facility for Milliken Sanitary Landfill
December 1, 2011
PV Navigator, LLC has executed an option agreement with the County of San Bernardino, CA to explore the feasibility of developing a MW-scale PV solar installation on the cap of the closed Milliken Landfill located in Ontario, CA. PVN has extensive expertise and capabilities in the permitting, engineering, financing and operations of landfill-located PV power systems. The addition of the Milliken landfill site adds up to another 5 MW of development capacity to PVN's growing Southern California based pipeline, which already includes MW-scale, landfill PV projects at the Big Bear Landfill and the Barstow Landfill, also in San Bernardino County.
October 25, 2011
PVN's Dr. Ian A. Webster discussed the technical and business aspects of developing utility scale PV (photovoltaic) solar projects on closed landfill sites at the National Brownfields Association's Great Lakes Sustainability Summit in Chicago, Illinois.
October 13, 2011
Project Navigator, Ltd. (PNL) Has Been Awarded A Contract For The Development Of A Solar PV Facility
October 12, 2011
Project Navigator Enters Development Contract
October 12, 2011
Two US PV landfill projects announced
September 9, 2011
Somerdale Road Solar Project Moving Forward
August 25, 2011
Coeur Rochester Mine Seeking Solar Power Sources
June 26, 2011
Energy Commission Awards Nearly $7.5 Million for Research Projects
June 23, 2011
Company Enters Agreement To Explore Solar PV At California Landfills
June 23, 2011
PVN exploring over 10MW Californian landfill installation
June 22, 2011
Solar project proposed for Barstow landfill
June 22, 2011
Project Navigator, Ltd.’s (PNL) PV solar development operating group, PVNavigator, has entered into an option agreement with the County of San Bernardino to evaluate and explore the development of a photovoltaic (PV) solar facility at the Barstow Sanitary Landfill
June 3, 2011
Project Navigator, Ltd. enters agreements to build a 5.8MW PV solar facility on landfill in Ocean Township, New Jersey
May 26, 2011
The Sierra Club's Big Bear Group comments positively about Project Navigator, Ltd.'s 2 MW PV solar installation for the Big Bear Landfill site
May 25, 2011
Project Navigator, Ltd.'s, PVNavigator declares its intent to compete to develop PV solar power facilities on New York City's closed landfill sites. Hundreds of acres of solar-ready space exist, but the development(s) will require the skills of companies like PVN who understand how to permit, engineer and finance the MW-sized facilities on landfill caps.
March 14, 2011
Project Navigator, Ltd. Brings Solar Development to Brownfields 2011
February 22, 2011
CA Landfill to Sprout Solar Plant
February 19, 2011
Unused landfill could sprout solar plant
February 14, 2011
Solar Power Facility Proposed for Landfill Site
February 11, 2011
Project Navigator PV unit, San Bernardino county sign lease option for 2MW solar landfill project
February 11, 2011
PVN to build PV plant atop Californian landfill
February 10, 2011
Project Navigator, Ltd. has entered into an option agreement with the County of San Bernardino to evaluate solar development at Big Bear Sanitary Landfill
December 2, 2010
PSE&G In Private Talks About Increasing Solar Capacity
October 15, 2010
SunPods Inc. Launches an On-site Solar Product Demonstration Program
July 30, 2010
Project Navigator, Ltd.'s Solar Team Wins Contract from U.S. Army
July 8, 2010
Project Navigator, Ltd. and SunPods, Inc. Recently Exhibited at the Tech Connect Expo 2010
July 2, 2010
Chipping away at levelized costs: SunPods, Sunsonix seek lower solar LCOE in field and fabs
June 22, 2010
Mayor of Anaheim, Curt Pringle, Visits SunPods Inc. and Project Navigator, Ltd. Booth at Clean Technology 2010
June 6, 2010
SunPods Inc. and Project Navigator, Ltd. to Exhibit at the Clean Technology 2010 Expo in Anaheim, CA
February 27, 2010
Wind & Solar Projects on Landfill & Brownfield Sites? - Scientific American
October, 2009
Solar Power on Closed Landfill in Houston
October 26, 2008
One man's garbage, another's power plant
October 21, 2008
NJMC TO GENERATE SOLAR POWER ON LANDFILL
