Dive Summary:
- The Board of Supervisors in Madison County, New York, have agreed to a proposal from Solar Liberty Electric Company, who will build, finance, own and operate solar panels on the county's landfill.
- The landfill's energy costs will be reduced by half after the solar-powered photovoltaic panels are installed on site, generating power to be sold at 5 cents per kilowatt, 50% less than the county average.
- The board also approved a a land transfer which gives two acres of landfill-adjacent property to Madison County Capital Resource Corporation, who will dry lumber using heat from the gas-to-energy project.
From the article:
The county will not have to bear any of the project’s cost as Solar Liberty applies for a grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
That [two acres of] land is expected to be sold to Johnson Brothers Lumber Company to be put back on the tax rolls to house a facility for the company to kiln-dry its lumber...
...the land transfer that could allow the landfill’s gas-to-energy project to have a commercial outlet.
