Cuyahoga County could save up to $3 million in energy costs once a new solar farm in the closed Brooklyn landfill begins operating, the Journal-News reports. Construction on the new 4-megawatt (MW) solar farm “is expected to begin in September,” according to the article. The director of the county’s Department of Sustainability “says the solar panels will start generating electricity by January.” The landfill closed in 2015 and “hasn’t received waste since 2009.” For more, read the full article.
Brooklyn landfill solar farm will save Cuyahoga County up to $3 million