[CPEO-BIF] "Considerations for solar developers when siting projects on landfills and brownfields"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Considerations for solar developers when siting projects on landfills and brownfields

By Lucia Woo, Environmental Planner, LaBella Associates
Solar Power World
September 9, 2020

In August of 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified over 80,000 brownfields and municipal solid waste landfills across the country that could be used for renewable energy facilities. This screening included maps depicting locations of EPA tracked sites and their potential for supporting renewable energy generation. According to the data, there are 4,498 sites in New York State alone that have been prescreened and deemed suitable for renewable energy development.

There are many benefits to reusing contaminated land for renewable energy, such as greater community support, protection of open space and valuable farmland and possibly shorter project approval timeframes. Many developers have adopted strategies to cost-effectively provide engineering controls, as well as activity and land use limitations that allow for safe redevelopment.

With many of the country’s brownfields, closed landfills and underutilized former industrial complexes ripe for redevelopment, there are some important factors developers should consider when reviewing ideal sites for solar development.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2020/09/considerations-for-solar-developers-when-siting-projects-on-landfills/

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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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