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| Hickory Ridge Landfill | |
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 Photo of completed project taken on 9/23/2011. Atlanta can be seen in the background. | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Conley, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°39′54″N 84°20′06″W / 33.66500°N 84.33500°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 6/1/2011 |
| Commission date | 10/4/2011 |
| Construction cost | $5,000,000 |
| Owner | Republic Services, Inc. |
| Solar farm | |
| Type | Ground Mount, Flexible PV |
| Site area | 48 acres |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 7,008 UNI-SOLAR PVL-144 photovoltaic panels |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,009 KW |
| Annual net output | 1.3 GWh |
| External links | |
| Website | carlisle |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Hickory Ridge Landfill is a municipal solid waste landfill located in Conley, Georgia, United States, and privately owned by Republic Services. The site was opened in 1993 and closed in 2006. It contains nearly 9,000,000 cubic yards (6,880,994 cubic meters) of waste.
The Hickory Ridge Landfill was capped in October 2011 with a dual-purpose landfill closure system referred to [by whom?] as an Exposed Geo membrane Solar Cover (EGSC). [1] Developed by Carlisle Energy Services, the closure system provides renewable electricity via (photovoltaic) solar panels.
The project is the second installation of an EGSC and is the world's largest installed system. At the time of commissioning it was the largest solar photovoltaic system in the state of Georgia.[2]
- ^ ATA (2011-03-10). "Carlisle introduces 72- and 80-mil geomembranes". Geosynthetics Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ "Georgia's Largest Solar Project Is a Landfill-Covering System". Electrical Contractor. Retrieved July 26, 2012.[permanent dead link]