[CPEO-BIF] Energy proposed for Hampton, New Hampshire landfill

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Old dump still eyed for energy source site

By Patrick Cronin
pcronin@seacoastonline.com
October 18, 2009 2:00 AM

Hampton's energy committee is not giving up on its idea to turn the 
town's old dump into a "greenfield" to one day generate enough 
alternative energy to power the town's wastewater treatment plant.

Ann Carnaby, chairman of the Hampton Energy Committee, said the result 
of a recent study on the capped landfill on Hardardt's Way revealed such 
a project could be done.

"The feasibility study said, yes, you can put either wind, solar, 
geothermal or a combination of all three on the site to accomplish the 
goal to power the wastewater treatment plant," said Carnaby. "The only 
problem is the current net-metering laws in the state are not favorable 
enough for such a project to be economically feasible."

Rather than give up on the project altogether, Carnaby said the 
committee intends to lobby lawmakers to see if the laws can be changed.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091018/NEWS/910180342/-1/NEWSMAP

--


Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



_______________________________________________
Brownfields mailing list
Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org