Greenidge Generation is planning to close a 40-year-old coal ash landfill in the Finger Lakes region of New York state and construct a significant solar farm at the site.
The Lockwood Hills landfill, which was initially constructed in 1979 to dispose of wastes created by its adjacent power generation facility, was acquired by Lockwood Hills, a subsidiary of Greenidge, in 2014. During the past seven years, it has been safely maintained by the company, which also ended the use of coal-fired power at the nearby power generation facility.
Although Greenidge has ended the use of coal as a fuel source for its clean natural gas–fired operation, the Lockwood Landfill remains open and operational. The company is planning to use the profits from its carbon-neutral bitcoin mining operation in Upstate New York to accelerate its closure. Greenidge said it intends to work with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to safely close the landfill. The company wil
