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Solar PV Implementing Solar Farms on Landfills and Brownfields

Learn about New Jersey's policy supporting solar renewable energy, with details on Wallisch Property Board of Education Landfill Upper Greenwood Lake School solar project. Discover site selection criteria, necessary approvals, construction steps, and the Energy Savings Improvement Program.

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Solar PV Implementing Solar Farms on Landfills and Brownfields

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  1. Solar PV Implementing Solar Farms on Landfills and Brownfields

  2. New Jersey Policy • New Jersey Energy Master Plan (http://nj.gov/emp/) • Supports solar renewable energy to help reduce peak demands • Brownfields and landfills are ideal candidates

  3. Wallisch Property

  4. Board of Education

  5. Landfill

  6. Upper Greenwood Lake School

  7. Project Details • Municipality to Install, own and operate solar farm • Solar Farm to be grid connected • Solar farm generation to be sold into wholesale market and revenues credited back to municipality/BOE • Revenue from sale of SREC’s • Tax credits normally sold to offset cost by investor

  8. Site Selection • Landfills- closed and capped • Settled Solid waste site • Level and minimally shaded area with southern exposure • Approx. 4-6 acres per MW • Nearby access to utility interconnection • Environmental approvals/concerns • Run preliminary project economics for viability

  9. Approvals • Application to and certification of site by Board of Public Utilities • Permit Readiness Checklist – NJDEP Office of Permit Coordination and Environmental Review • Landfill Disruption Approval - N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.8(j) • Landfill Closure Plan Minor Modification to a Solid Waste Facility Permit • Site Remediation Program Process (Building on Landfills – N.J.A.C. 7:26C & E) • * Source: Tamara Linde VP Regulatory – PSEG March 21, 2014

  10. Approvals • Construction (Closure activities, Soil Erosion Sediment Control, and installation of solar panels, etc.) • Post–Closure Submissions • Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approvals (Township & County) • Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Construction Permits

  11. Final Steps • Selection of an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contractor and appropriate EPC contracts • Oversight of solar installation • Commissioning • SREC registration approval • Sale of output to utility • Responsible for all construction/permitting

  12. Energy Savings Improvement Program (ESIP) Source NJ BPU Mike Thulen presentation at NJ state league of municipalities 2016

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