Verogy has begun construction on solar installations at four closed municipal landfill sites in Connecticut, located in Mansfield, Morris, Somers, and Suffield. The projects participate in Connecticut's Non-Residential Renewable Energy Solutions (NRES) program, which compensates non-residential entities for renewable energy generation.
Each installation repurposes otherwise unusable landfill land into clean energy assets. The NRES program is designed to incentivize non-residential solar development across the state, turning closed waste sites into productive energy infrastructure.
Verogy is developing all four projects simultaneously. The initiative converts previously idle municipal properties into long-term energy producers, with the generated power benefiting the host communities through the NRES compensation model.
Connecticut's approach of utilizing closed landfills for solar is part of a broader trend of brownfield-to-solar conversions in the Northeast U.S., reducing land-use conflicts for renewable development. The NRES program provides financial mechanisms that make such projects viable on land with limited alternative economic uses.
Critics may argue that converting multiple landfills to solar may not address peak energy demand or grid reliability, and that site remediation costs and long-term liability for legacy waste could offset some environmental benefits.