Government operations in Maryland’s Anne Arundel County aim to run on 100% renewable energy by 2030.
County Executive Steuart Pittman signed on Tuesday, creating a solar project on the closed Glen Burnie Landfill that aims to provide the county government with clean electricity and cost savings for the next quarter-century.
The county said it will lease “about 20 acres” at the landfill to聽Ameresco, where the Massachusetts-based renewable energy and energy efficiency company plans to build a build a solar energy generating facility.
Over the next 25 years, Anne Arundel County will receive $3.075 million in lease payments from Ameresco, and commit to buy solar energy from it at set costs that are estimated to save taxpayers $3.675 million. In total, there’s an estimated cost savings of $6.75 million for taxpayers, according to .
鈥淲ith this project, and the renewable energy commitments we are making in the executive order, we are saving taxpayers money and ushering in a cleaner and greener Anne Arundel County for all,鈥� Pittman said. He added that the project “is proof that clean energy is a sound investment.鈥�
In addition to the solar project, Pittman signed , which commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning away from the use of nonrenewable electricity and fossil fuels by 2030.
A map of the area where the solar project will be built on the closed Glen Burnie Landfill is below.
