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Figure 2 Solar pn nds at the Ilickory Ridge Landfill site near Aflanta, Georgia <br />The technology used at Hickory Ridge, called Exposed Geomembrane Solar Cover (EGSC), is <br />compatible with landfill gas recovering systems, and adapts automatically to shifts in the <br />ground beneath. While it may not represent the only or even the best approach for the <br />Eubanks Road site, it does demonstrate the technical feasibility of placing a solar farm at <br />Eubanks Road, despite the concerns about landfill gas recovery and instability of the <br />physical mound. <br />The Environmental Advisory Board feels that a solar electric project on the Eubanks Road <br />Landfill site is consistent with the goals of the Carrboro Vision 2020 Section 5.51: ( "The <br />town's own alternative and renewable energy targets should include passive and active <br />solar ") as well as Renewable Energy Recommendation #1 of the draft Community Climate <br />Action Plan to pursue community solar projects: "This will likely require collaboration <br />between [the Town] and one or more outside organizations ". <br />We therefore recommend that the Town collaborate with Orange County and Chapel Hill to <br />investigate the feasibility of a solar photovoltaic project on the Eubanks Road Landfill site. <br />