[CPEO-BIF] Fwd: RE-Powering America's Land Initiative: EPA Releases List of Renewable Energy Projects on Contaminated Lands

Dear RE-Powering Stakeholders,

As you may know, EPA's RE-Powering America's Land Initiative tracks completed renewable energy projects developed on contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites.  The Initiative has just updated this “tracking matrix,” more formerly known as the Renewable Energy Projects on Contaminated Lands, Landfills, and Mine Sites document, which can be found on our website. 

In this update, RE-Powering lists an additional 14 renewable energy projects installed on potentially or formerly contaminated lands, landfills, and mining sites (information on these new sites below). To learn more about one of the new sites go to this afternoon’s Greenversation blog post on the 9.5-MW solar energy system recently installed at the Volkswagen manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, TN. This site is an example of beneficial reuse of a remediated RCRA property.

Currently, EPA has information on over 70 renewable energy installations implemented on contaminated properties and located in 26 states.  Projects on this list include ground-mounted utility-scale systems, rooftop systems, and systems used for on-site power.  This combined capacity of over 215 MW is comparable to the capacity of a mid-size, coal-fired power plant. Summary statistics of the known installations are included in this document and provide insight on the use of renewable energy on contaminated lands.

This resource is for informational purposes only.  The information in this list was gathered from public announcements of renewable energy projects in the form of company press releases, news releases, and, in some cases, conversations with the parties involved.  It may not be a comprehensive list of all projects completed on contaminated land.  To provide information on additional projects, both completed as well as others in various stages of planning/construction, please email cleanenergy@epa.gov.

If you have any follow-up questions or would like to learn more about the RE-Powering Initiative, please contact cleanenergy@epa.gov.

Thank you,

 

 

Marc Thomas

RE-Powering America's Land

Center for Program Analysis, OSWER

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(202) 566-0791

 

 

1. Site Description					2. Renewable Energy Info				3. Project Implementation
Site/Project Name	State	City	Type of Site	Former Use Description	RE Type	Project Capacity (MW)	Project Acreage	Primary RE Developer Name	Completion Date	Project Type
Ajo Solar Project	AZ	Ajo	Abandoned Mine Lands	Adjacent to mining	Solar PV	5.00	38.0	Duke Energy	2011	Wholesale Electricity
Boulder Cowdry Meadows Solar Array	CO	Boulder	Landfill Buffer	Landfill buffer to Marshall Landfill Superfund Site	Solar PV	0.50	3.5	Clean Energy Collective	2013	Community Owned / Subscription
Greenfield Solar Farm	MA	Greenfield	Landfill	MSW landfill	Solar PV	2.00	23.0	Axio Power	2012	Wholesale Electricity
Kingston Landfill	MA	Kingston	Landfill	Landfill	Wind	2.00	20.0	Kingston Wind Independence LLC	2012	Wholesale Electricity
Russells Mills Road Landfill	MA	Dartmouth	Landfill	MSW landfill	Solar PV	1.45	6.3	Borrego Solar	2013	Wholesale Electricity
South Hadley Landfill	MA	South Hadley	Landfill	Landfill	Solar PV	0.09	-	Tensar/ARM Group	2012	Onsite Use - General
Aquinnah Landfill	MA	Aquinnah	Landfill	Landfill	Solar PV	0.05	1.3	Vineyard Power Solar, LLC	2012	Onsite Use - General
Kearny Landfill	NJ	Kearny	Landfill	Landfill	Solar PV	3.00	13.0	SunDurance Energy LLC	2012	Wholesale Electricity
Meadowlands Solar Farm	NJ	Kearny	Landfill	Landfill	Solar PV	3.00	13.0	PSE&G	2012	Wholesale Electricity
Clean Harbors	NJ	Bridgeport	Landfill	Hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility	Solar PV	1.50	82.0	Clean Harbors	2011	Onsite Use - Green Remediation
Hackensack Solar Farm	NJ	Hackensack	Brownfield	Former manufactured gas plant and gas storage facility	Solar PV	1.06	6.0	PSE&G	2012	Wholesale Electricity
Volkswagen Chattanooga	TN	Chattanooga	RCRA	Army ammunition plant	Solar PV	9.50	33.0	Silicon Ranch	2013	Wholesale Electricity
RSI Brightfields One	TN	Oak Ridge	Federal Facility	Gaseous Diffusion Plant	Solar PV	0.20	1.0	RSI	2012	Wholesale Electricity
Warren AFB Wind	WY	Cheyenne	Federal Facility	Former gunnery range	Wind	3.32	-	Unknown	2009	Wholesale Electricity

 

 

 

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