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Mayor Justin Elicker of New Haven says with the White House cancelling billions in funds for solar and wind energy projects, and stopping projects like Revolution Wind in their tracks, it’s up to cities like his to provide environmental leadership.

The new project was announced this week and will see the installation of nearly 2,000 solar panels on top of the old, closed landfill. The solar field will be able to generate more than one megawatt of clean electricity.

Soon, a grassy hill in New Haven will be covered with more than 1,900 solar panels. The hill – a former landfill at New Haven’s transfer station – will transform into a solar farm over the next six months. The project not only gives unusable land new life. It will also increase electricity supply, which will be sold to United Illuminating at a fixed rate, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said.

The city’s old dump at 260 Middletown Ave. is getting one last load — not of garbage, but of 1,920 solar panels, set to top the capped landfill within six to eight months. The plans to begin work on the new solar farm were announced Tuesday afternoon by top city officials at a press conference next to the site. Mayor Justin Elicker, Office of Climate & Sustainability Executive Director Steven Winter, and Greenskies Clean Energy Vice President Ryan Linares all spoke at the event.

Two new solar panel parking canopies containing nearly 1,000 solar panels in total will be installed in the parking lots of L.W. Beecher Museum Magnet School and Hill Central School this summer. Mayor Justin Elicker, city climate czar Steve Winter, and other city and school district officials made that announcement at a Tuesday morning press conference held outside of Beecher School at 100 Jewel St.

Greenskies Clean Focus, a national renewable energy solutions provider, completed a 1.62-MW portfolio of solar projects for Hackensack Public Schools (HPS) in New Jersey. Credit: Greenskies Clean Focus The portfolio is composed of eight solar systems installed across seven sites, including all four elementary schools, the middle school, the high school and the board of education administration building.

NEW HAVEN, CT — "We deliberately picked the hottest day. to emphasize just how important the sun is." It may have been deliberate, or not. Doesn't matter, the sun certainly cooperated — its rays aimed at L.W. Beecher Museum Magnet School of Arts and Sciences in Beaver Hills. Mayor Justin Elicker joked about the heat, which by the time late this morning he and others had joined to announce a new renewable energy source for schools, it had reached 95°F, with a feels-like temp of 101°F.

Greenskies Clean Focus (Greenskies), a national leader in renewable energy solutions, is proud to announce the successful completion of a 1.62 MW portfolio of solar energy projects for the Hackensack Public Schools (HPS) in New Jersey. The portfolio includes eight solar systems installed across seven sites, including all four elementary schools, the middle school, the high school, and the board of education administration building. While most systems were installed on rooftops, Hackensack High School features a combination of rooftop and carport solar arrays. Together, these systems encompass more than 3,600 solar panels.

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) added a 2.32-megawatt (MW) ground-mount project in Orange, Connecticut. The project was conducted by Greenskies Clean Focus, a national renewable energy solutions company.

Two CSCU campuses in New Haven will now be powered by solar energy after the construction of a massive new solar project aimed at saving the state millions over the next decade.