Feasibility Study of Economics and Performance of Solar Photovoltaics at Johnson County Landfill
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in accordance with the RE-Powering America's Land initiative, selected the Johnson County Landfill in Shawnee, Kansas, for a feasibility study of renewable energy production. Citizens of Shawnee, city planners, and site managers are interested in redevelopment uses for landfills in Kansas that are particularly well suited for grid-tied solarphotovoltaic (PV) installation. This report assesses the Johnson County Landfill for possible grid-tied PV installations and estimates the cost, performance, and site impacts of three different PV options: crystalline silicon (fixed tilt), crystalline silicon (single-axis tracking), and thin film (fixed tilt). Each option represents a standalone system that can be sized to use an entire available site area. In addition, the report outlines financing options that could assist in the implementation of a system. The feasibility of PV systems installed on landfills is highly impacted by the available area for an array, solar resource, operating status, landfill cap status, distance to transmission lines, and distance to major roads. The report findings are applicable to other landfills in the surrounding area.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USEPA
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1033038
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--6A20-53186
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ECONOMICS
FINANCING
IMPLEMENTATION
Johnson County Kansas Shawnee
KANSAS
PERFORMANCE
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
PRODUCTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SILICON
SOLAR ENERGY
THIN FILMS
US EPA
landfill redevelopment
renewable energy production on old landfills
solar PV installations on landfill
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ECONOMICS
FINANCING
IMPLEMENTATION
Johnson County Kansas Shawnee
KANSAS
PERFORMANCE
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
PRODUCTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SILICON
SOLAR ENERGY
THIN FILMS
US EPA
landfill redevelopment
renewable energy production on old landfills
solar PV installations on landfill