Francis Cooke Regional Landfill Solar PV

This project was funded through the Alberta Municipal Solar Program

Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8

2017Completion Year

21kWInstalled Capacity

$67,485Project Cost

$15,540MCCAC Funding

19,145kWh/yearElectrical Energy Generation

12.25tonnes CO2e/yearGHG Reductions

Greenhouse gas emissions reductions for this project are calculated based on Alberta’s Carbon Offset Emission Factors Handbook Version 1.0

As part of the MCCAC’s Alberta Municipal Solar Program (AMSP), the Bow Valley Waste Management Commission through the Municipal District of Bighorn installed a 20.72 kW solar PV system on the roof of the Francis Cooke Regional Landfill Administration Building. The project was completed in August 2017.