Sudbury Celebrates Completion of Landfill Solar Project

The photovoltaic solar facility located on the Town’s closed landfill at 20 Boston Post Road is ready to go, and to celebrate its completion Sudbury held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 13 to officially launch Sudbury Solar One.

Sudbury can expect an estimated savings of $100,000 a year in electric costs. The town has agreed to buy electricity from the panels over the next 20 years as part of a power purchase agreement with Framingham energy company Ameresco. The solar company, which built the farm, will maintain the array at no cost to the town.

About 6,000 photovoltaic modules cover 5.3 acres of the 28-acre landfill.

Town leaders, along with representatives from Ameresco, the Massachusetts Department of Energy resources and Metropolitan Area Planning Council were also in attendance at the ceremony.