[CPEO-BIF] Princeton, New Jersey solar landfill proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Princeton Could Earn $50,000/year by Installing Solar Panels at Landfill

Pending DEP approval, Princeton could seek developer proposals by the  
end of the year.

By Greta Cuyler
Princeton Patch (NJ)
July 28, 2011

Princeton could earn up to $50,000 per year by installing solar  
panels at the closed landfill on River Road, according to preliminary  
projections.

Rich Price, a representative of Gabel Associates, told township and  
borough officials on Monday that an environmental feasibility on the  
property showed that there’s nothing to inhibit the project from  
going forward on the brownfield site.

While nothing has been finalized, Price outlined how the solar  
project might work.

He said the township could lease the landfill property to a solar  
developer who would finance, construct and operate a solar facility  
for a 15-year period.




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For the entire article, see
http://princeton.patch.com/articles/princeton-could-earn-50000year-by- 
installing-solar-panels-at-landfill

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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