Featured in The Long Game – 02-2023

From brownfield to green wellspring

Plots of land abandoned as graveyards of hazardous materials are being reborn as clean energy hubs. pv magazine USA’s Ryan Kennedy looks at the diverse opportunities for solar, energy storage, and electric vehicle (EV) charging station developers.

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Ryan Kennedy

08 Feb 2023

A 1.4 MW solar facility atop a landfill in Dover, Massachusetts. | Photo: Photo: U.S. Department of Energy/ Lucas Faria

The old adage “one man’s trash is another’s treasure” is being applied to brownfield and landfill sites across the United States as PV projects and electric vehicle charging hubs are beginning to top sites that were once deemed irremediable.A study by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in 2021 showed that landfills in the United States …

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