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Best Practices for Siting Solar Photovoltaics on Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

This document provides best practices unique to siting solar PV on landfills for solar developers and landfill owners as well as federal, state and local stakeholders.

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Best Practices for Siting Solar Photovoltaic (PV) on Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (PDF)(79 pp, 4 MB)