A
la dfill
off
Middletow
Ave ue
i
New
Have
stopped
accepti g
t ash
about
twe ty-two
yea s
ago
a d
has
si ce
bee
out
of
use.
But
ow,
the
city
has
a ou ced
it
will
put
it
back
to
wo k
as
the
host
fo
a
1,920-pa el
sola
fa m
that
will
p oduce
mo e
tha
1.4
millio
kilowatt
hou s
of
powe
a
yea .The
p oject
will
be
led
by
sola
develope
G ee skies
Clea
E e gy,
u de
a
20-yea
lease
with
the
city.
It
will
i
tu
ge e ate
mo e
tha
$1.4
millio
i
eve ue
fo
the
city,
o
$72,000
pe
yea ,
said
Mayo
Justi
Elicke ,
as
pe
a
epo t
by
The
New
Have
Registe .
G ee skies
will
the
sell
the
elect icity
ge e ated
by
those
pa els
di ectly
to
U ited
Illumi ati g
(UI),
which
ope ates
the
local
powe
g id.
The
sola -powe ed
elect icity
will
ble d
i to
the
b oade
pool
of
elect icity
ge e ated
f om
va ious
sou ces.The
compa y
built
the
sola
a ay
i
less
tha
a
yea ,
ove
the
cou se
of
a
“tough
wi te ,”
acco di g
to
G ee skies’
Head
of
Real
Estate
Rya
Li a es.
The
compa y
wo ked
with
the
New
Have
Solid
Waste
a d
Recycli g
Autho ity,
which
ope ates
the
adjace t
t a sfe
statio ,
to
secu e
access
to
the
la dfill
a d
coo di ate
logistics.”It’s
a
g eat
site,”
Elicke
said
at
a
p ess
co fe e ce
to
a ou ce
the
sta t
of
the
i stallatio .
He
poi ted
to
o e
of
the
sola
pa els
that
will
go
o
the
a ay
o
the
la dfill
behi d
him.
“You
thi k
about
the
size
of
the
sola
pa el
a ay,
it’s
just
i c edible,”
he
added.
Elicke
said
the
city
is
“doi g
eve ythi g”
it
ca
to
expa d
its
sola
footp i t,
which
al eady
i cludes
mo e
tha
50
elect ic
vehicles
a d
sola
pa els
o
19
city
schools.
Mo e
pa ki g
ca opies
a e
slated
to
come
by
ext
summe
to
the
East
Sho e
Pa k
pa ki g
lot,
Robe to
Cleme te
Academy,
Ca ee
High
School,
a d
Wilbu
C oss
High
School.”Despite
the
fede al
gove me t
backi g
off
altogethe
o
(fu di g
fo )
a y
so t
of
g ee
e e gy,
we
a e
lea i g
i to
it,”
Elicke
said.
“Today
is
about
a
wi
fo
the
e vi o me t.
It’s
a
wi
fo
public
health.
It’s
a
wi
fo
ou
pocketbooks.”The
sola
a ay
will
p ovide
the
equivale t
be efit
of
ecycli g
mo e
tha
81,000
t ash
bags
full
of
waste
o
the
ca bo
sequeste ed
by
ea ly
16,000
t ee
seedli gs
g ow
fo
te
yea s.
The
e e gy
p oduced
will
be
e ough
to
powe
the
elect icity
use
of
mo e
tha
200
homes
fo
o e
yea ,
the
city
said
i
a
elease.Steve
Wi te ,
executive
di ecto
of
the
city
Office
of
Climate
&
Sustai ability,
said
New
Have
will
get
a
check
fo
$6,000
a
mo th
fo
the
ext
20
yea s.
“We
a e
looki g
at
additio al
sola
pa el
oppo tu ities,”
Wi te
said.
This
will
be
the
fi st
such
p oject
that
the
city
is
i volved
with
i
which
it
actually
will
be
maki g
mo ey,
a d
will
be
by
fa
the
la gest
to
date,
he
added.The
a ay
will
be
visible
f om
I te state
91,
he
said.
He
said
he
emembe s
d ivi g
by
the
site
yea s
ago
a d
“thi ki g
it
would
be
g eat”
to
have
sola
a ays
o
top
of
it.
Getti g
the e
“took
a
lot
of
wo k
behi d
the
sce es,”
i
pa t
because
you
have
to
go
th ough
a
active
t a sfe
statio
i
o de
to
get
to
the
site,
said
Wi te ,
who
was
joi ed
by
Lo i
Vitaglia o,
executive
di ecto
of
the
New
Have
Solid
Waste
a d
Recycli g
Autho ity,
amo g
othe s.While
G ee skies
has
i stalled
sola
a ays
atop
two
closed
la dfills
i
West
Have
a d
o e
each
i
East
Have
a d
No th
Have ,
the
New
Have
o e
has
the
be efit
of
a
la dfill
cap
that
is
mo e
tha
two
feet
thick,
said
Rya
Li a es,
vice
p eside t
a d
di ecto
of
busi ess
developme t
of
G ee skies
Clea
E e gy.
He
added
that
he
hoped
the
p oject
would
co ti ue
eve
afte
the
20-yea
g ou d
lease
is
up.Whe
asked
to
comme t
o
i stalli g
a
sola
a ay
at
a
time
whe
the
fede al
gove me t
is
cutti g
subsidies,
Elicke
said
the
fede al
gove me t
is
ot
doi g
e ough
to
add ess
climate
cha ge.
“Sadly,
the
est
of
the
wo ld
is
leavi g
us
behi d
ow,”
he
said,
calli g
it
“a
sad
mome t
fo
Ame ica
whe
we
see
a
p eside t
tu
his
back
o
sola
powe
a d
wi d
e e gy.”Wi te
poi ted
to
ece t
i sta ces
of
ext eme
weathe ,
f om
eco d-b eaki g
heat
to
the
Ca adia
wildfi e
smoke
that
filled
the
sky
ove
New
Have
last
week.
“Climate
cha ge
is
lite ally
hitti g
us
i
the
face
a d
ha mi g
ou
lu gs,”
said
Wi te .
“So
it
eally
u de sco es
the
u ge cy
of
adva ci g
these
p ojects.”
