HENRICO COUNTY, VA. (WRIC) – A Henrico County chief says he desires so as to add photo voltaic panels to the Springfield Highway Landfill. If accepted by the board, renewable power can be used within the sewage pump station.
Three Chopt District supervisor Tommy Branin steered having photo voltaic panels on the land six years in the past. On the time, nonetheless, the expertise wasn’t highly effective sufficient to make it cost-effective.
Branin now claims the proposal would save taxpayers $600,000-$700,000 in electrical energy over 30 years.
“They’ll put within the cash to construct it, maintain it going and maintain it going to generate power,” Branin stated. “That can cut back our electrical energy prices as a result of we can be shopping for the power from Dominion.”
If the county approves the photo voltaic panels, Branin stated he wish to make an analogous proposal for the japanese a part of the county.
“It is essential for, not solely the residents of Henrico, however the area to see what good planning and good considering can do to be sustainable and rework the whole lot,” Branin defined.
County leaders will vote on the photo voltaic panel proposal throughout a gathering tonight. Whether it is accepted, the photo voltaic panels can be obtainable in 2025.
