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Community Solar: An Opportunity to Enhance Sustainable Development on Landfills and Other Contaminated Sites

This discussion paper describes the linkage between the need for solar access for some sites, the mechanism of community solar and the opportunities for using formerly contaminated lands, landfills and mine sites for renewable energy.

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Community Solar: An Opportunity to Enhance Sustainable Development on Landfills and Other Contaminated Sites (PDF)(29 pp, 4 MB)