Ideally suited for hosting large solar photovoltaic arrays feeding electricity into the grid, closed landfills will play a significant role in the undergoing energy transition from fossil-fuel and nuclear energy to renewable energy. Aimed at sustainability scholars and policy makers, this study identifies the economic, environmental, and social benefits of solar landfills, suggesting avenues for the massive transformation of hazardous landfills into renewable-energy-generation plants. Thus, the landfills no longer pose threats to human health and to the ecosystem.

Solar Landfills: Economic, Environmental, and Social Benefits

Ciriminna Rosaria;Albanese Lorenzo;Meneguzzo Francesco;Pagliaro Mario
2018

Abstract

Ideally suited for hosting large solar photovoltaic arrays feeding electricity into the grid, closed landfills will play a significant role in the undergoing energy transition from fossil-fuel and nuclear energy to renewable energy. Aimed at sustainability scholars and policy makers, this study identifies the economic, environmental, and social benefits of solar landfills, suggesting avenues for the massive transformation of hazardous landfills into renewable-energy-generation plants. Thus, the landfills no longer pose threats to human health and to the ecosystem.
2018
Istituto di Biometeorologia - IBIMET - Sede Firenze
Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati - ISMN
energy transition
flexible
landfills
photovoltaics
solar
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