Solar-Powered Landfills
Alternative truck fuel isn’t the only kind of energy technology being pioneered at landfills. In fact, an energy company and a landfill operator in Georgia have found a way to generate solar power.
energyNOW! went to see the project, a massive membrane with solar panels that covers giant mounds of trash.
Trash Gas for Trash Trucks
energyNOW! visits a California landfill to see how one waste disposal company is turning trash from its landfills into clean-burning fuel for its garbage trucks.
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Solar-Powered Landfills
energyNOW! went to see the project, a massive membrane with solar panels that covers giant mounds of trash.
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Solar Leasing: Power for Pennies
energyNOW! visits the Cincinnati Zoo to learn how a new financing model connects solar power investors and manufacturers with people who want to install solar arrays on their homes and businesses to lock in low prices for decades.
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Geomembranes Explained
Tony Walker of Republic Services explains the unique nature of the geomembrane at the Hickory Ridge Landfill, and what it has in common with many of today’s commercial buildings.
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Connecting the Pieces
Republic’s Tony Walker takes us through the power conversion process and points out the separate devices that are key to making ten acres of flexible solar panels generate a megawatt of electricity annually in Georgia.
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Time-Lapse of Spectro PowerCap
Check out this time-lapse video from Carlisle Energy. It shows the installation of the Spectro PowerCap at Republic Service’s Hickory Ridge Landfill.
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