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Renewable Energy Basics
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Siting Renewable Energy on
Current and Formerly Contaminated Land and Mine Sites
EPA is encouraging renewable energy development on current and formerly contaminated land and mining sites. This initiative identifies the renewable energy potential of these sites and provides other useful resources for communities, developers, industry, state and local governments or anyone interested in reusing these sites for renewable energy development
RE-Powering Resources:
- RE-Powering Fact Sheet (PDF)
(2 pp, 876K, About PDF)
Describes the characteristics of contaminated lands and mining sites that make them attractive locations for renewable energy projects and describes EPA’s efforts to support this type of development - Mapping Tools
- Interactive Mapping Tool for Renewable Energy
Google Earth mapping tool that shows EPA-tracked site specific information with renewable energy development potential. - State and National Maps
National and individual state maps showing renewable energy development potential on EPA-tracked sites.
- Interactive Mapping Tool for Renewable Energy
- Data Information
Provides the data and screen criteria used to determine the renewable energy potential for the mapping projects - Incentives
Provides federal and state specific renewable energy and contaminated lands redevelopment incentives. - Success Stories
Highlights projects with successful renewable energy development projects on contaminated land and mining sites. - Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions about the RE-Powering initiative. - Events
Renewable energy meetings and conferences.
For further information regarding RE-Powering America's Land: Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands and Mining Sites, please contact: cleanenergy@epa.gov
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