Georgetown Tx Rezones Former Landfill For Community Solar Project

GEORGETOWN REZONES Dignity FOR Collective Astrophysical ThrowBy Claire OsbornPublished: 9:43 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, 2012A prior Georgetown landfill life-force match the backdrop of the city's innovative community solar project.The Georgetown Inner-city Council rezoned the landfill land Tuesday, changing it from a residential neighborhood to a inhabitant services neighborhood.Astrophysical panels to be positioned on 18 acres at the backdrop life-force do up to 2 megawatts of power, ample power for about 550 homes, understood Jim Briggs, accomplice Georgetown city administrator.The solar power would produce ample energy for an all in the mind 3 percent of the customers of the Georgetown Work Systems, understood Kathy Ragsdale, log book of upholding armed forces for Georgetown.The landfill treachery between the San Gabriel Wastewater Therapy Plant and the San Gabriel Countenance, Ragsdale understood.It was congested in the to the fore 1990s, she understood."The landfill has no leaves, so it's a wide-ranging commotion," Ragsdale understood.Ragsdale understood she doesn't inform how significantly the solar project life-force indict the city.The city hopes to put out a narrate for bids on the panels this day, she understood.It takes about 10 acres to do one megawatt of solar energy, Ragsdale understood.The solar project meets segment of the Georgetown Work Systems' view to be full of 30 percent of its energy progress from renewable sources by 2030, Ragsdale understood.People be full of been asking for a solar power project in view of the fact that many homeowners in Georgetown cannot install it on their own houses, understood Briggs.The houses either instant the imprecise organize to bring the most sunlight or be full of leaves shading the roof, he understood.The city hasn't decided what loving of program it life-force use for accessible customers who crave to buy the solar energy, Ragsdale understood."The most brassy program is that customers can buy a assortment of the generation from the solar plant," she understood.SOURCE: STATESMAN (HTTP://WWW.STATESMAN.COM/NEWS/LOCAL/GEORGETOWN-REZONES-LAND-FOR-COMMUNITY-SOLAR-PROJECT-2458355.HTML)