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Solar Panel Construction Continues at Transfer Station
Ameresco will sell electricity to Acton once completed.
The solar system being built at the Acton Transfer Station continues to move along as frames for the 1.59 megawatt solar array were being put in place on the town-owned landfill last week.
Ameresco, a Framingham-based energy services company, is installing the photovoltaic panels and will sell electricity produced by the array to the town.
NSTAR, Acton's majority energy provider, would then pay net metering credits back to the town for the energy it receives.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Solid Waste Management Section completed a review of the permit application on Sept 26 and deemed the application complete, thus approving the plan.The Acton landfill is an unlined landfill located at 14 Forest Road, encompassing approximately 35 acres.
The landfill final cover system encompasses approximately 17.5 acres.
The landfill operated as a burn dump from approximately 1927 until the mid 1960’s and as a sanitary landfill until 1985, for the disposal of mostly sanitary solid waste and some industrial waste.
Current site operations include an active refuse transfer station, recycling center, and a Department of Public Works garage.
The site is bordered on the north by large residential properties, to the west by woods, to the east by residential properties, and to the south by Route 2 and commercial properties.
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