Marie Zack Nolan, chair of the Energy Committee, circulated a DOER email promoting its seminar to encourage towns to build solar and/or wind facilities at old landfills. From DOER –
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Friendly reminder that the renewable on landfills workshop is two weeks away and that registrations are still being accepted.
The third “Renewable Energy at Closed Landfills” workshop will take place on Thursday, July 26, at the Holiday Inn Boxborough. For additional information and to register, please visit:
http://www.mass.gov/dep/energy/lfwkshop3.htm
Municipal Representatives: Please note that DOER Green Communities Scholarships are available for up to two municipal employees and/or officials per city or town. To obtain a registration code you can enter online to attend this workshop at no cost, contact me before you register at: 978-694-3315 or joanne.bissetta@state.ma.us
The workshop is sponsored by the Massachusetts Departments of Energy Resources (DOER) and Environmental Protection (MassDEP), with support from the Environmental Business Council of New England.
Should you have any questions, please let me know. We hope you will be able to join us!
Kelly Brown, Regional Coordinator
Green Communities Division
Central Region
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
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Not sure exactly how they would go about installing a renewable energy system at or on a landfill, think of the potential hazards and pollution? I don’t even want to say it sounds like a good idea, it sounds honestly terrible. Install windmills to produce little amounts of energy that could easily be installed somewhere else in the area? think about the wind generators sprawling the wind and air rising up from a garbage and engrossed landfill. Still sound like a good idea? I thought not. The smell. Eugh.
-Shraone Tal
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