{"id":108460,"date":"2025-02-03T09:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/\/?p=108460"},"modified":"2025-02-03T09:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:01:41","slug":"landfill-community-solar-portfolio-in-new-york-approaches-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/\/2025\/02\/landfill-community-solar-portfolio-in-new-york-approaches-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"13-MW landfill community solar portfolio in New York approaches completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.castillope.com\/\">Castillo Engineering<\/a> was selected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montantesolar.com\/\">Montante Solar<\/a> to provide design and engineering services on two of <a href=\"https:\/\/calibrantenergy.com\/\">Calibrant Energy<\/a>\u2019s landfill community solar projects in Niagara, New York, totaling 13 MW. Currently under construction, the projects use ballasted, fixed-tilt mounting technology and are expected to reach completion in Q1 of 2025.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_108461\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108461\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108461\" src=\"https:\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-new-york-landfill-community-500x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-new-york-landfill-community-500x325.jpg 500w, https:\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-new-york-landfill-community-368x238.jpg 368w, https:\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/castillo-new-york-landfill-community.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-108461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Castillo Engineering<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re grateful to have partnered with Castillo Engineering on this challenging landfill solar project in New York,&#8221; said Steve Erck, VP at Montante Solar. &#8220;Their breadth of expertise \u2014 from civil to electrical to structural \u2014 has been instrumental in streamlining this project and optimizing each site while protecting the sensitive landfill cap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These two new landfill community solar projects contribute to New York&#8217;s position as the state with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/community-solar-tracker\/\">largest<\/a> installed community solar capacity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Montante Solar\u2019s ability to achieve reliable returns and efficiently manage projects \u2014 especially on complex landfill solar projects \u2014 is exceptional,&#8221; said Christopher Castillo, CEO of Castillo Engineering. &#8220;We\u2019re proud to collaborate with an industry leader like Montante Solar in transforming these formerly unusable sites into a source of more affordable, reliable and clean energy that will serve these communities for generations to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>News item from Castillo Engineering<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castillo Engineering was selected by Montante Solar to provide design and engineering services on two of Calibrant Energy\u2019s landfill community solar projects in Niagara, New York, totaling 13 MW. 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