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Article: SOLAR POWER AT COMPOSTING FACILITIES
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- BioCycle
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright J.G. Press Inc. Sep 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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COST AND EMISSIONS SAVINGS
Innovative operators are installing solar anays to reduce utility costs, heat building air or operate off the grid. All are reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
TO reduce electrical power and heating fuel needs, and the associated greenhouse gas emissions, a small but growing number of composting facilities are installing solar energy systems. Solar applications include off-thegrid locations such as at horse stables, making it economically feasible to install composting systems where an electrical connection is not available.
One of the first industrial-scale solarpowered applications to composting is at the New York City Department of Correction's Rikers Island ...