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Borrego Solar to build energy system on now-closed Riverhead landfill
Photo credit: Carl Corry
The Riverhead Town Board awarded a 20-year lease to Borrego Solar — a San Diego-based solar energy firm — to build a solar photovoltaic energy system on 14.8 acres at the town’s now-closed Youngs Avenue landfill, at a special town board meeting Thursday.
The firm will pay Riverhead $145,600 a year for 20 years, for a total of $2,912,000, according to town Councilman George Gabrielsen, who...
