Feasibility Study of Economics and Performance of Solar Photovoltaics at the Refuse Hideaway Landfill in Middleton, Wisconsin
This report presents the results of an assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of deploying a photovoltaics (PV) system on a brownfield site at the Refuse Hideaway Landfill in Middleton, Wisconsin. The site currently has a PV system in place and was assessed for further PV installations. The cost, performance, and site impacts of different PV options were estimated. The economics ofthe potential systems were analyzed using an electric rate of $0.1333/kWh and incentives offered by the State of Wisconsin and by the serving utility, Madison Gas and Electric. According to the site production calculations, the most cost-effective system in terms of return on investment is the thin-film fixed-tilt technology. The report recommends financing options that could assist in theimplementation of such a system.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); US Environmental Protection Agency
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1023047
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-6A20-49846; TRN: US201118%%857
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: A Study Prepared in Partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency for the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative: Siting Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Land and Mine Sites
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ECONOMICS
FINANCING
IMPLEMENTATION
PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
feasibility study
solar photovoltaics (PV)
PV systems
ground-mounted PV
Middleton
Wisconsin
brownfields
costs
performance
site impacts
financial incentives
financing options
refuse hideaway
landfills