4.3 MW Solar Landfill Site Benefits from New Installation Technique

01 December 2011

A 4.3 MW solar farm has been installed at a New Jersey landfill site in a partnership between Langfang, China based ENN Solar Energy and Charlotte, North Carolina based National Energy Renewable Corp (NERC).

According to the partners, the project employs about 9000 ENN's Photocoltaic (PV) panels and is located on the south slope of the Edgeboro Landfill in East Brunswick, New Jersey.

ENN said that the installation utilises very large state-of-the-art thin film silicon solar modules, combined with an innovative construction technique that helps to enable the use of a variety of wasteland for renewable energy production.

ENN said that it specialises in the manufacture of large PV modules of up to 5.7 square meters, which have been used in the development of various commercial and industrial projects throughout China, Europe and other areas.

According to the company at the Edgeboro project the installation of the large modules utilised a new 'floating' architecture that securely anchors the solar panels to the landfill surface without penetrating the landfill cap, which would increase risk of flammable methane gas leaking.

As part of the project the site has undergone extensive compliance testing in preparation for connection to the power grid, making its output available to New Jersey consumers through the Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New Jersey's oldest and largest publicly owned utility.


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