The two farms, which include 10.14MW DC Parklands solar farm in Bordentown and the 11.18MW DC Kinsley solar farm in Deptford, are expected to generate enough grid-connected solar electricity for about 3,500 average-size homes each year.
PSE&G customer solutions vice president Joe Forline said: "Utilizing landfills like Kinsley and Parklands allows us to provide grid-connected renewable energy to our electric customers, increase the amount of solar generation in the state and also give new purpose to land that would otherwise have very limited opportunities for development."
The two facilities will reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 15,000t annually.
New Jersey State assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo said: "In addition to powering hundreds of homes and businesses, turning a landfill green with solar power and helping to improve New Jersey’s environment, it also created dozens of good jobs in a wide range of trades."
The PSE&G Solar 4 All program aims to develop 125MW of solar energy, which will be directly connected to the grid, to power about 20,000 average size homes each year in New Jersey.
