Renewable Energy

This page shows all of the pages at www.epa.gov that are tagged with Renewable Energy.

  • Greening Tribal Casinos

    Tribally owned or operated gaming facilities have many opportunities to implement green building and operations. Environmental improvements can save money and have lasting environmental and social impacts for the Tribe and for facility visitors.

  • Webinar - States Taking Action to Align Utility Policies with Environment and Energy Goals

    This August 2022 webinar featured three state regulatory experts on how states are increasingly adjusting and adopting programs to incorporate a broader set of environment and energy goals.

  • Tennessee Valley Authority Clean Air Act Settlement

    A settlement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations at 11 of its coal-fired plants in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

  • State, Local, and Tribal Webinar Series

    Explore webinars and EPA resources tailored for state, local, and tribal governments to plan energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate, clean energy, and electrification policies and programs.

  • California Clean Air Technology Initiative

    The California Clean Air Technology Initiative is a partnership to develop clean air technologies for the San Joaquin Valley and South Coast Air Basins through collaborative projects in technology research, development, demonstration, and deployment.

  • Webinar - Learn about the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool

    This State and Local Climate and Energy Program webinar provides an overview of the CO-Benefits Risk Assessment Screening and Mapping Tool (COBRA). COBRA allows you to quantify the health benefits of air, climate, and energy policies and programs.

  • Renewable Energy Project Development Toolbox

    Searchable directory contains 100s of resources to understand the issues throughout the renewable energy project development process.

  • Emerging Issues

    This page provides resources to understand the dynamic green power market. EPA’s Green Power Partnership program can offer some insight and analysis to help understand some of the policy and implementation issues associated with these new trends.

  • 24/7 Hourly Matching of Electricity

    This page provides an overview of the concept of 24/7 hourly matching and answers some common questions about this new approach.

  • Superfund Redevelopment Success Stories & Case Studies

    SRP develops three types of reuse reports that explore reuse success stories at Superfund sites: Beneficial Effects Economic Case Studies, in-depth case studies of site reuse and Site Redevelopment Profiles.

  • Federal Green Challenge (FGC)

    Information and resources about EPA’s Federal Green Challenge which advances greening of government facilities and operations.

  • AVERT Webinars

    This January 2023 webinar introduced AVERT 4.0, which allows users to model the "tailpipe to smokestack" energy and emissions impacts of electric vehicles. Results are presented at the county, state, and regional level, and can be incorporated into COBRA.

  • Energy Resources for State, Local, and Tribal Governments

    Hosts capacity building and decision-support tools and data, best practice policy and program implementation information for state, local, and tribal governments on climate change, electrification, equity, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.

  • U.S. Renewable Electricity Market

    The US green energy market is broken up into two main groups: the mandatory markets including state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and voluntary markets, also referred to as green power markets.  This page delineates this two markets.

  • Build & Self Generate

    These pages outline the common project development pathway from a project's conception to its completion for most on-site renewable energy projects. .

  • Green Power Procurement Considerations

    EPA lays out 14 issues to consider when identifying which green power supply option(s) best suit your organization.

  • Certification and Verification

    This page provides resources in understanding the value and business sense for purchasing credible products from credible suppliers.

  • Site Considerations

    This page describes the importance of assessing a potential site for a renewable electricity project including the site’s technical, economic, policy, and other variables.

  • Credible Claims

    This page provides resources to in making credible environmental claims and substantiate them through REC ownership and retirement.

  • Frequently Asked Questions

    EPA receives questions on all aspects of the green power market. EPA will continue to build out this repository of commonly asked questions and responses to those inquires.

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