The site of an in-progress solar array on Old Sharon Road in Jaffrey. Solar company ReVision Energy is partnering with the town to install over 2,000 panels, which, once completed in 2027, will provide energy for households in the area with low incomes.
The site of an in-progress solar array on Old Sharon Road in Jaffrey. Solar company ReVision Energy is partnering with the town to install over 2,000 panels, which, once completed in 2027, will provide energy for households in the area with low incomes.
JAFFREY — A local town is transforming a trash dumpsite into the home of an energy resource generator, a clean energy developer announced recently.
The town of Jaffrey is partnering with ReVision Energy, a New Hampshire-based solar company, to construct a solar array at the site of a former municipal landfill, according to a May news release.
The project is set to be a win-win for the town, utility customers, and the planet, the release said.
Construction is underway on the project, which, when completed in early 2027, will provide power at a cheaper rate to roughly 250 low- and moderate-income households though New Hampshire’s Electric Assistance Program, the release said.
The community solar array will deliver up to $2 million in bill credits during the life of the system, which will decrease participants’ electricity supply rates by roughly 25 percent in their utility bills, the release said.
Comprising 2,266 solar panels, the community solar array is expected to generate more than 1.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity each year, offsetting over 930 tones of carbon pollution, per the release.
“It’s the perfect use of land that can’t do anything else,” Town Manager Jon Frederick said in the release. “This project generates value for the town while supporting families who need energy savings the most.”
Jaffrey is leasing the Old Sharon Road landfill — which is capped, meaning it has a cover over the trash that prevents the creation of contaminated liquid — to the solar company for the 1.34 megawatt solar array installation, the release said. The town is slated to receive annual lease payments of $10,000.
Regional energy company Eversource is overseeing the state program’s selection process, which is guided by criteria put in place by the N.H. Department of Energy, the release said. The program will prioritize customers who have signed up or who are on the waitlist for the Electric Assistance Program within the project’s zip code, followed by eligible customers in neighboring areas.
ReVision has already installed solar arrays on 11 landfills in New Hampshire and Maine, with another three scheduled to be completed by 2027, per the release.
Last summer, the Town of Winchester announced ReVision was involved in an effort to build a solar array at the site of a former tannery.
Mark Zankel, director of community solar for ReVision Energy, said in the release that the project is representative of the possibilities for collaboration between communities and clean energy developers.
“By transforming a capped landfill into a source of clean power and directing 100 percent of the energy to households enrolled in the Energy Assistance Program, the Jaffrey Landfill community solar array will transform an underused site into meaningful, long‑term benefits for the community and for Granite Staters who need it most,” he said.
Noah Diedrich can be reached at 603-355-8569, or ndiedrich@keenesentinel.com.
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