[CPEO-BIF] Rhode Island "Solar farms on brownfields have advantages"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Developers: R.I. solar farms on brownfields have advantages
Rather than clear forestland to make way for vast fields of photovoltaic panels, backers say building solar farms on former landfills that cannot be developed for anything else is the way to go.


By Alex Kuffner
Providence Journal (RI)
October 17, 2018 


NORTH PROVIDENCE - It’s hard these days to find a solar farm in Rhode Island that everybody can like, what with the debate over clearing forestland to make way for vast fields of photovoltaic panels in rural parts of the state.

But if there is an ideal, the 2.6-megawatt array on a closed landfill here may be an example.

For one, the project built by Warwick-based Southern Sky Renewable Energy is on 12 acres of contaminated land that couldn’t be used for anything else. For another, it’s out of the way and ringed by trees, making it hard to see from nearby homes.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20181017/developers-ri-solar-farms-on-brownfields-have-advantages

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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