Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. is a solar development company that specializes in ground-mount solar farm and energy storage projects. The Chelmsford project consisted of the development of a solar farm over an existing landfill for the town of Chelmsford’s “Community Shared Solar Project” making solar energy available to residents unable to construct solar panels on … Read more
Challenge Kearsarge Energy wished to develop a solar array on a portion of the long-vacant, 55-acre landfill on Old Groveland Road. The project included construction of a new access road with a turnaround area at the end and a stone-lined stormwater channel running along the road. A third-party, independent Massachusetts-registered professional engineer knowledgeable in landfill … Read more
Challenge From permitting to construction completion, this solar development program in partnership with Kearsarge Energy – design and construction of a solar field atop three previously capped landfills – presented challenges: as the first project of its type in the state, the permitting process was without precedent; protection of the landfill caps was paramount; and as-built … Read more
