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A new approach to energy: Using old landfill sites to generate solar powerNews
PV Modules to Malawi, Africa
August 23, 2021
Project Navigator, Ltd. (PNL) was approached by a client who had 15,000 photovoltaic (PV) solar modules in storage in California and was seeking a plan to donate the functionable, but dated, modules.
Representative Projects
Development
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Somerdale Road Landfill Solar FacilityGloucester Township, NJ- 3 MW on a former Owens Corning Corp. landfill
- Approvals via a Township, NJDEP, KPJM, and PSE&G
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Milliken Landfill Solar FacilityOntario, CA- 3.1 MW on a County of San Bernardino landfill
- Approvals via County, SCE and Regional Water Quality Control Board
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Former Kaiser Steel Concept Solar DevelopmentFontana, CA- 1 MW with storage
- Interconnect feasibility via SCE
Consulting
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PNL consulted for Tesoro Corporation (now Andeavor) -
PNL Evaluated the Feasibility of Installing a Solar Power “Cover” on Leach Piles at Coeur Mining’s Mine in Rochester, Nevada -
PNL’s Layouts for PV Solar Power Installations on Dow’s RCRA Containment Cell at Bristol, PA Facility -
PNL Advised Ethyl Corporation on the Installation of a Solar Facility at their Pasadena, TX Plant -
PNL Assisted Gestamp Solar (a Division of ACEK Renewables (Spain)) Define Solar-Feasible Landfills in Hawaii -
PNL Performed a Feasibility Study on the Installation of a 4-6 MW PV Solar Power Installation on the Closed Phosphogypsum Stack at the Mississippi Phosphates Corporation Site, Pascagoula, MS
Origination & Transfer
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Phosphogypsum Stack, DePue, IL
PVNavigator, LLC entered into an agreement with ExxonMobil in 2017 to evaluate, from combined environmental, geotechnical, interconnect and power-sales perspectives, the feasibility of developing a PV solar power project on the landfill, after remediation had been completed. The project was initially sized in the 12MW range. In its latter stages, the project is being developed by Amereso, Inc. where it is scaled at 27MW.
Where: PVNavigator, LLC Executes via Defined Work Focus Areas. One, For Example, Being the Los Angeles Basin.
PVNavigator, LLC has been assembling a portfolio of environmentally impacted sites (esp. closed landfills) on which to develop MW-scale PV solar power installations.
What
- PVNavigator leverages the landfill expertise of sister company, Project Navigator, Ltd.
- PVNavigator, LLC consults on the development of rack-mounted, photovoltaic solar power installations on closed landfills.
- Expertise and design on the racking of PV projects on engineered landfill caps.
How
We screen the feasibility of potential PV projects via a combination of technical and economic criteria.
We involve the landfill site owner in the development process.
The solar development pathway, viewed from an industrial landowner’s perspective, for the installation of a solar power development. See text boxes 1 to 4 for commentary on the development pathway.
Who
Two experienced sister organizations.
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- PV solar development on landfill and brownfield sites
- Site sourcing/site suitability analysis
- Interconnect feasibility
- Power offtake and marketing
- Permitting
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- Project management
- Landfills & brownfield sites
- CERCLA & RCRA sites
- Geotechnical & engineering calculations
PVNavigator, LLC also draws upon the technical and financial resources of European partner BREG Resources.
Contact
14891 Yorba Street
Tustin, CA 92780
15990 N. Barkers Landing Rd., Suite 325
Houston, TX 77079