How solar on landfill works

• Solar farms can safely transform former landfills into sources of cheaper clean energy for consumers and generate revenue for communities.
  

• The land over a capped landfill has heavy usage restrictions¹ and can often sit idle for years. Renewables can give new purpose to these sites.
  

1 Kim Slowey, "Land(fill) of opportunity: Why builders are turning dumps into new developments," Construction Dive, July 5, 2016.