[CPEO-BIF] Renewables at brownfields

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News Release
U.S. EPA
September 24, 2008

EPA Powers Up Contaminated Sites into Renewable Energy


(Washington, D.C. - Sept. 24, 2008) In a novel approach to return land 
to productive use, EPA has identified thousands of properties that could 
potentially host solar, wind or biomass energy production facilities. 
EPA pinpointed these energy assets using Google Earth and has listed 
each property's attributes for energy redevelopment.

"EPA is putting renewable energy production on the virtual map," said 
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "Our new interactive Website 
encourages states and energy companies to put previously contaminated 
properties back to work."

EPA worked with the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory to collect information on renewable energy availability 
across the country, and merged it with EPA's data from several land 
cleanup programs. In addition, EPA applied screening criteria including 
distance from power lines, closeness to roads, and site acreage to 
identify sites that are good candidates for hosting renewable energy 
production facilities.

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For the entire press release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/bd4379a92ceceeac8525735900400c27/31d4e5890ae1d92b852574ce004e8cb4%21OpenDocument

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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