Fairfax County, Virginia is converting 37 acres of the I-95 Landfill, in Lorton into the county’s largest solar array.
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Fairfax County, Virginia, is converting 37 acres of the I-95 Landfill, in Lorton into the county’s largest solar array.
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“The ground we’re standing on now is the closed landfill part of our site — it closed in 1990,” said Eric Forbes, deputy director of the county’s Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, during a WTOP tour of the landfill. “We’re actually standing on trash,” covered by layers of a landfill cap and grassy vegetation, to prevent water from entering.
When it’s completed, energy produced from the solar array will be used to power county government buildings, with the goal of saving the county $12 million over a 30-year partnership and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 136,000 metric tons over the same period.
