You’d never know by looking at it, or by the wildlife that calls
it home. But the field behind the compost station in Canton, was
once a landfill. After years of use, it has been closed and
capped for more than 20 years. Though that is about to change
thanks to a clever partnership with Boston-based Southern Sky
Renewable Energy and the Town of Canton. Lately we’ve heard a
lot about wind power projects around Massachusetts, but this
project will get it’s power from the sun. “What we’ve proposed
is a 5.6 megawatt solar photovoltaic system, which will be built
here on the top. It’ll be about 15 acres of the landfill,” says
Frank McMahon of Southern Sky Renewable Energy. “It’ll be
approximately 28, 000 solar panels laid out in the field, that’s
going to cost approximately $30 million to install,” says Ralph
Palumbo of Southern Sky Renewable Energy. That’s nearly fifteen
football fields of panels soaking up the sun to produce enough
electricity for 750 homes. That will reduce the use of polluting
fuels like oil,