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Recycling sorting at River Hills Recycling CenterPhoto: Eric England
A sound not unlike rain patters incessantly at the back of the open-air building where trucks dump material at Nashville’s River Hills Recycling Center. This is the largest recycling facility in Nashville, and that sound is a thunderstorm of sorts. It’s a steady stream of pill bottles, drink cans, cardboard boxes and other materials hurtling through a large machine called a drum feeder, which sends the items down a conveyor belt to be sorted.
Although operations manager Dilan Vince says the drum feeder can handle about 20 tons of material per hour, not everything that ends up at the River Hills facility is recyclable. In fact, Jenn Harrman, the waste reduction program manager for Metro Public Works, says as much as 46 percent of what Nashville puts into residential recycling bins is unusable. She says that’s a high contamination rate compared to other cities, but Metro is working to educate re
Members of the city Finance & Revenue and Parks & Recreation committees on Monday voted unanimously to recommend approval to sell a portion of the Exit 8 Athletic Complex land to a Nashville-based solar energy provider for a 15-megawatt generated facility.
Under a considerable purchase agreement by the City Council, if solar energy provider Silicon Ranch executes the option, it will receive a three-year plan to purchase 140.2 acres of the property from the city for $3.36 million, according to CDE Lightband General Manager Brian Taylor.
In 2018, the city purchased the entire 347.5-acre site for $4,083,000, according to city spokesperson Richard Stevens.
The purchase would be for the construction of the solar farm, which would sell electricity to CDE Lightband at half the price of Tennessee Valley Authority, a federal agency that provides electricity for local power companies in Tennessee.
Anderson Optimization To Launch First-Ever Nationwide Distribution Grid Mapping Data Solution Posted Apr 21, 2021
Boulder, CO - Thanks to Anderson Optimization, the energy industry is set to witness its first-ever nationwide distribution grid mapping data solution. The product is scheduled to launch on June 1st, 2021. Anderson Optimization already sits at the fore of the renewable siting space supporting many of the largest developers in the industry such as AES, Silicon Ranch, Strata, Pine Gate Renewables, and more. The novel distribution grid mapping data solution will help propel the company forward and increase its standing as a leader in renewable development software.
Clarksville Now
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Clarksville’s Finance and Budget Committee discussed Monday plans to sell a portion of land at Exit 8 to solar energy provider Silicon Ranch for a 15-megawatt facility.
City Mayor Joe Pitts and CDE Lightband General Manager Brian Taylor said the plan would give the Nashville-based Silicon Ranch a three-year option to purchase 140.2 acres from the city for #3,360,000 for the construction of a 15-megawatt solar farm which would sell electricity to CDE at half the price of TVA.
A map depicting property owned by the city of Clarksville near Exit 8, including a portion being considered for sale to Silicon Ranch for the construction of a solar facility (City of Clarksville)