Best Practices for Siting Solar Photovoltaics on Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

EPA
NREL

2013

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This document is a joint publication of EPA and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). EPA and NREL created this document to provide assistance in addressing common technical challenges for siting PV on MSW landfills, and in this respect EPA and NREL expect that stakeholders, such as solar developers, landfill owners, and federal, state, and local governments, may find this information useful. The information in this document is primarily targeted toward a technical audience geared toward the functional integration of a PV system and the engineered systems typically at MSW landfills. This document focuses on MSW landfills, including but not limited to those that are regulated under EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations at 40 CFR Part 258. However, it may be determined on a site-by-site basis if this information may be useful for siting PV solar on other types of landfills such as those that are exempt from 40 CFR Part 258 and hazardous waste landfills. Note that MSW landfills are subject to varying regulatory requirements, under RCRA and other authorities at the federal, state, local level. Therefore, this document does not attempt to apply the best practices discussed to a particular regulatory context, and the strategies discussed may or may not be available at a particular site. Currently, there are only a handful of completed PV projects on landfills throughout the country, with many more in the planning stages (see Appendix A for a list of identified projects). EPA and NREL, along with our state and local partners, have examined many of these projects and reviewed current designs and approaches in an ongoing effort to identify best practices for siting PV on MSW landfills. The data and case studies contained in this document reflect current engineering and scientific practices. Furthermore, this is not an exhaustive list of best practices. Project stakeholders should consider whether different or additional approaches are appropriate in light of site specific conditions.

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