Solar project offers new lease on an old landfill

Crews spread topsoil to prepare the landfill at Windham County Waste Management for the installation of solar panels. Photo by Kristopher Radder/Brattleboro Reformer
(This story by Chris Mays was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on Feb. 8, 2018.)
BRATTLEBORO — Companies from around the world are collaborating on what Windham County officials say will be the largest net-metering solar project in Vermont.
“It’s a big project,” said Bob Spencer, executive director of Wi