RMI, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that works to transform global energy systems across the real economy, recently published an article titled “Turning Trash into Treasure.” The article highlighted the significant potential of generating electrical power from solar energy panels located on out of service landfills. Currently, such a landfill site in Houston, Texas is due to go online, and will produce over 50 MW of power.
The article stated that there are approximately 10,000 such sites across the nation, landfills no longer being used but not viable sites for any other use due to all kinds of environmental issues. Potentially, enough power could be produced from these 10,000 sites to power everyone in South Carolina.
For me this was a very provocative article, that from the negative side of an abandoned landfill near a community could come a positive benefit for that community. Truly trash generated in the past could yield treasure for the future – Dr. Tom
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