[CPEO-BIF] West Newbury, Massachusetts landfill possible renewables site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Landfill 'looks pretty good' as renewable energy site

By Jennifer Solis
Newburyport News (MA)
November 9, 2010

WEST NEWBURY - A closed landfill abutting Middle Street and Georgetown 
Road may turn out to be a good spot to generate solar or wind-powered 
renewable energy. West Newbury is one of eight towns in the Merrimack 
Valley whose inactive landfills will be analyzed by Meridian Associates 
Inc., the engineering consultants hired by the Merrimack Valley Planning 
Commission to identify the best sites in the area for installing 
commercial-scale solar photovoltaic panels or wind turbines.

The conversion of so-called "Brownfields to Brightfields" is aimed at 
reducing dependency on fossil fuel technology while providing 
energy-cost reductions for participating communities. Recently, the 
state has overhauled its energy laws, adding incentives designed to 
foster renewable energy projects on brownfields and municipal landfills. 
Under the Green Communities Act of 2008, 15 percent of electricity must 
be supplied by these types of new green power facilities by the year 2020.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.newburyportnews.com/local/x1364888799/Landfill-looks-pretty-good-as-renewable-energy-site

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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
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