In 2018, Annapolis covered its old 57-acre landfill with 52,416 solar panels; six years on, they supply 40% of city power and cut 13,000 tons of CO₂ yearly |
An AI-generated representative image showing the Annapolis Renewable Energy Park transformed a capped municipal landfill in Maryland into a large-scale solar power facility. Credits – Google Gemini Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, spent decades searching for a use for its old municipal landfill, a capped and grassed-over hill on the edge of town that was…