Landfill sites to be turned into solar farms

Sita UK and British Solar Renewables have agreed to convert landfill sites into solar power farms. Sita UK is a national recycling and waste management firm. The farms will create renewable energy for the National Grid.

Sita UK is focusing on sites which have been capped and so are no longer accepting waste materials. At present the established company generates sustainable energy from its capped landfill sites by extracting methane gas. It does however want to look at additional ways in which it can put the sites to good use.

As a result it invited solar energy specialists to tender for exclusive rights to pursue solar projects on its landfill estate. The outcome being they appointed the BSR to be its partner. Their primary selection choice was made on BSR’s expertise in building on landfill sites.

General Manager for Landfill at SITA UK, Geraint Rees said:

“Following the tendering process, we’re very pleased to be able to announce that BSR have been selected to pursue these exciting projects, which will help us to extract the maximum energy value from our capped landfill estate. This renewable energy technology will complement the existing energy plants operated on a number of our landfill sites, which contribute a significant amount of sustainable energy to the National Grid by capturing landfill gases.” BSR Business Development Director, Giles Frampton said:

“I am delighted that a company of the stature of SITA UK chose BSR to pursue these renewable energy projects on its portfolio of brownfield development sites. We look forward to working closely with SITA UK over the coming months and ensuring that jointly we help to mitigate the looming energy crisis that is currently facing the UK.”