[CPEO-BIF] Hawaii Brightfields Initiative

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Online Map Identifies Contaminated Land With Potential for Renewable Energy Development 

By ASHLEY MIZUO 
Hawai’i Public Radio
November 25, 2019

The Hawaii Energy Office and state Department of Health have created an online map that identifies contaminated lands that officials hope developers can turn into renewable energy sites.

The Hawaii Brightfields Initiative grew out of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s brownfield program that aims to clean up contaminated sites. The state program takes it a step farther, encouraging redevelopment of the land for purposes such as renewable energy.

The state health and energy departments hope that interested parties can use the mapped data to build clean energy projects on difficult-to-develop properties.

“The objective is to encourage the reuse of previously developed, disturbed or contaminated lands because they can be more development ready and that can preserve untouched lands in Hawaii,” said Maria Tome, Hawaii Energy Office renewable energy program manager.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/online-map-identifies-contaminated-land-potential-renewable-energy-development#stream/0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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