[CPEO-BIF] EPA, DOE Partner to Develop Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Sites

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. EPA
November 4, 2011


EPA, DOE Partner to Develop Renewable Energy on Potentially  
Contaminated Sites / Clean energy project aims to benefit local  
economies and create jobs

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the  
U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory  
(NREL) are evaluating the feasibility of developing renewable energy  
production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfill or mining  
sites. As part of the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative, EPA is  
investing approximately $1 million for projects across the United  
States aiming to revitalize abandoned sites while protecting people's  
health, the environment and providing economic benefits to local  
communities, including job creation.

"The RE-Powering America's Land Initiative is not just about using  
these sites for energy production but using these sites to re- 
energize communities," said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator  
for EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. "These  
studies are the first step to transforming these sites from eyesores  
today to community assets tomorrow."

Projects will analyze the potential development of wind, solar,  
biomass, or geothermal at 26 sites. The analysis will determine the  
best renewable energy technology for the site, the optimal location  
for placement of the renewable energy technology on the site,  
potential energy generating capacity, the return on the investment,  
and the economic feasibility of the renewable energy projects. The 26  
sites are located in Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Delaware,  
Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico, Iowa,  
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, California, Arizona,  
Oregon, and Washington.


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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/ 
0/9811E4BF6295B2EF8525793E00538F4A

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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