The solar industry is moving from rooftop solar systems towards commercial and industrial scale ground-mounted systems, with capped landfills being recognized by municipalities and private landfill owners as ideal locations for these clean renewable energy systems. 

The large, low-sloping and shade-free surfaces are an excellent way to generate supplemental revenue and offset the costs associated with landfill maintenance. In addition to making money from otherwise unusable property, an added incentive that landfills offer is that many sites have gas to energy systems already equ...