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Uploaded by on Oct 31, 2011

Alternative truck fuel isn't the only kind of energy technology being pioneered at landfills. In fact, an energy company and a landfill operator in Georgia have found a way to generate solar power.

energyNOW! went to see the project, a massive membrane with solar panels that covers giant mounds of trash.

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  • mmmmhhh

    lets put some solar panels on fukushima nuclear plant!

  • Does it capture and use the methane gas produced by the garbage?

  • A bow on a pig, is still a pig.

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