At the Hickory Ridge Landfill near Atlanta, Georgia, a project is being undertaken to cap the landfill with solar geomembranes. It will be the largest solar facility in Georgia, and the largest solar landfill installation in the world. Covering an area of over 10 acres, the cap is comprised of 6,974 individual solar laminates, each generating about 144 watts of power. If my math is correct, that’s a little over 1 mega-watt or enough to power, enough to power about 240 homes. [Source: Waste360 via Geosynthetica.net News. Image: Waste360]
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