Ground-Mounted Systems for Landfills

Designed to accommodate the energy and topographical needs of the customer, Solar Integrated’s ground–mounted system for landfills provides a means to generate electricity while accommodating the ever-changing land-mass of a landfill during the renaturing process due to its on-going decomposition. This closes a 20-25 years gap between the last rubbish added and the final turn-over to conventional usage.

Combining flexible photovoltaic modules with state-of- the-art heavy duty membranes UNI-SOLAR and Solar Integrated offer solar energy solutions for “new” unsettled and sloped landfills.

While conventional rigid glass solar panels can only be installed after a significant period of post-closure subsidence the unbreakable and flexible UNI-SOLAR® PV-laminates allow for topographical instability - allowing deployment more than two decades earlier.

No extra cost for racking systems, rails and ballast are required. Instead - combining UNI-SOLAR® PV-laminates with heavy duty membranes results in a “liner” solution commonly known to the waste industry.

The SolarLandfill liner technology allows to combine and enhance functions:

• Prevention of landslides / soil erosion
• Cleaner water runoff, enhanced water table sequestration and prevention of ground water contamination
• Better leachate control
• Protection against gas escape, while not imposing any restrictions on gas extraction for energy generation or flaring