Two projects on opposite sides of the Richmond-Henrico line are set to add 30 acres of solar panel arrays atop decommissioned landfills east of the city. Richmond City Council and Henrico County supervisors have each OK鈥檇 respective solar farm projects near Oakwood Cemetery south of the Interstate 64-Nine Mile Road interchange.
Henrico鈥檚 arrangement is with Dominion Energy for a 16-acre, 2-megawatt solar power generation facility on a 58-acre site immediately south of the interchange that was used as a county landfill until 1978.
Richmond鈥檚 deal with Ameresco, a publicly traded renewable energy infrastructure firm with an office downtown, is for a 5MW solar farm and pollinator meadow that鈥檚 expected to cover 15 acres of a 34-acre former landfill site at 3800 E. Richmond Road, south of Oakwood Cemetery and west of the city鈥檚 Oakwood and Chimborazo neighborhoods.