ELKTON, Md. — A contaminated site in Elkton that was once considered unusable is now generating clean energy for Maryland families through an innovative solar project.

Fifteen hundred solar panels now cover a remote piece of land along the Little Elk Creek, transforming what was once one of the most contaminated sites in Maryland into a source of renewable energy.

From 1962 to 1988, a solvent recycling facility operated at this location. In 1989, the owner abandoned the property, leaving more than half a million gallons of hazardous waste in over 1,100 drums and tanks, according to Dave Fennimore, project coordinator.

Solar farm transforms former Superfund site in Elkton

Some of those containers leaked into the nearby Little Elk Creek. The Environmental Protection Agency eventually dec

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