New Haven landfill becomes solar farm powering 200 homes

A landfill off Middletown Avenue in New Haven stopped accepting trash about twenty-two years ago and has since been out of use. But now, the city has announced it will put it back to work as the host for a 1,920-panel solar farm that will produce more than 1.4 million kilowatt hours of power a year.The project will be led by solar developer Greenskies Clean Energy, under a 20-year lease with the city. It will in turn generate more than $1.4 million in revenue for the city, or $72,000 per year, said Mayor Justin Elicker, as per a report by The New Haven Register. Greenskies will then sell the electricity generated by those panels directly to United Illuminating (UI), which operates the local power grid.