Construction starts on 10-MW New Jersey landfill solar project

• CEP Renewables and CS Energy started construction on the 10-MW BEMS community solar landfill project, situated on the Big Hill Landfill in Southampton, New Jersey. Consisting of two co-located 5-MW solar systems that cover 2 utility territories, this project will utilize the ballasted solar racking solution from Terrasmart.

Beyond converting previously unusable land to a tidy energy-generating possession, the project will certainly likewise offer low-to-moderate income (LMI) locals as well as will enable the territory to recoup 40 years of back taxes and interest. Construction of this project is anticipated to be finished by May 2023.

" We are excited to be able to build on the success of our redevelopment project in Mount Olive, New Jersey-- the biggest solar landfill project in North America, by using a comparable process with this project," said Chris Ichter, executive VP at CEP Renewables.

The Big Hill landfill site in Southampton had been long deserted by its previous proprietor, leading to the site accruing numerous dollars in tax liens. As part of the public-private partnership in between CEP and also Southampton, CEP obtained the tax liens from the township, paying back all past-due taxes in the process and also foreclosed on the landfill residential property.

" We're proud that CEP Renewables has actually chosen us to provide our competence for this impactful landfill solar project as a result of our proven capacity to finish these tough projects securely as well as cost-effectively," said Michael Dillon, director of operations at CS Energy. "We anticipate working together with CEP Renewables to convert a formerly unusable site into a solar producing area that will certainly offer significant ecological and monetary benefits to this regional community."

There more than 10,000 closed landfills in the USA, which might organize greater than 60 GW of solar capacity-- sufficient to power 7.8 million homes or the state of South Carolina. This BEMS project stands for one of 16 landfill or brownfield projects that CEP presently has under development.

CEP has greater than 100 MW of solar projects in New Jersey, contributing to its ranking as the primary U.S. state for set up solar capacity per square mile, as well as for the most planned community solar capacity serving LMI families.