Verogy Breaks Ground on 5.8-MW Solar at CT Landfills

• Verogy begins 5.8MW of Connecticut solar at capped landfills, repurposing underused landfill land for clean power—boosting renewables and expanding distributed solar across the Northeast.

Verogy, a distributed energy developer, said construction has begun on four solar projects totaling about 5.8 MWdc at closed municipal landfill sites in Connecticut. The company is repurposing underutilized land from former landfills to create renewable electricity generation for nearby communities.

The projects reflect a growing U.S. trend of placing solar arrays on capped landfill properties, which can otherwise have limited alternative uses. Verogy said the installations will help advance Connecticut’s renewable energy goals and support the shift toward cleaner power while expanding its distributed solar portfolio across the Northeast.

What does Verogy’s 5.8 MW landfill solar construction mean for Connecticut’s renewable goals?

• Converts capped landfill acreage into solar generation without competing with open, high-value land uses—helping Connecticut add renewable capacity while preserving other development options.
  
• Increases distributed solar on-site across communities near existing waste-management infrastructure, aligning with policies that prioritize local, consumer-benefiting clean power.
  
• Supports Connecticut’s renewable procurement and clean-energy targets by adding new megawatts to the grid from a resource that can be built relatively quickly compared with many utility-scale siting pathways.
  
• Strengthens the state’s transition away from fossil generation by displacing grid electricity with renewable output from closed municipal landfill sites.
  
• Demonstrates a practical pathway for transforming legacy environmental assets into productive climate solutions—an approach that can help maintain momentum toward long-term decarbonization goals.
  
• Improves project feasibility by using land that may already have constraints (such as limited alternative uses), which can reduce siting friction and expand the pool of developable locations.
  
• Encourages broader replication of landfill-solar development across the region, creating additional lessons for Connecticut on how distributed generation can be integrated into existing local infrastructure
• Helps diversify Connecticut’s renewable portfolio by adding another form of distributed clean generation that can complement solar deployed on rooftops, parking canopies, and other underused parcels.
  
• Signals continued growth for developers building at closed landfill sites, supporting a pipeline of incremental clean-energy additions that collectively matter for meeting near- and mid-term targets.
  
• Provides a model for coordinating land stewardship and clean energy planning, reinforcing the idea that renewable goals can be advanced while managing the constraints and responsibilities associated with landfill legacy sites.