Feasibility Studies

EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are evaluating the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfills or mine sites. This project pairs EPA’s expertise on contaminated sites with the renewable energy expertise of NREL. The results of these studies can be found below.

Other interested parties considering whether or how to conduct a feasibility study for renewable energy on contaminated properties can learn about the types of technological and economic analyses that can be performed by exploring the information contained in these studies.

Solar

Sites evaluated for solar potential.

State	City or County	Feasibility Study
AZ	Tucson	Vincent Mullins Landfill Feasibility Study (PDF) (48 pp, 2.5MB)
CA	Brisbane	Brisbane Baylands Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (63 pp, 1.6MB)
CA	Marina	Former Fort Ord Army Base Feasibility Study (PDF) (66 pp, 2.7MB)
CA	Riverside	Stringfellow Superfund Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (39 pp, 1.7MB)
CA	Salinas	Crazy Horse Sanitary Landfill Feasibility Study (PDF) (41 pp, 1.1MB)
CO	Aurora	Tower Road Property Feasibility Study (PDF) (48 pp, 1.7MB)
DE	New Castle County	Standard Chlorine of Delaware/Metachem Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (55 pp, 1.5MB)
FL	St. Marks	Former St. Marks Refinery Feasibility Study (PDF) (46 pp, 1.1MB)
GA	Savannah	Former Tronox Facility Feasibility Study (PDF) (52 pp, 1.8MB)
IA	Perry	Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail Yard Company Feasibility Study (PDF) (59 pp, 176K)
MA	Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich, and Mashpee counties	Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) Feasibility Study (PDF) (37 pp, 1.1MB)
MN	Duluth	Atlas Industrial Park Feasibility Study (PDF) (53 pp, 3.1MB)
MS	Columbus	Former Kerr McGee Chemical Facility Feasibility Study (PDF) (47 pp, 2.2MB)
NJ	Pleasantville and Egg Harbor	Price’s Pit Landfill Feasibility Study (PDF) (55 pp, 1.1MB)
NM	Deming	Peru Mill Industrial Park Feasibility Study (PDF) (51 pp, 2.2MB)
NM	Silver City	Freeport McMoRan Chino Mine Feasibility Study (PDF) (55 pp, 2.3MB)
NV	Carson City	Carson River Mercury Superfund Site Renewable Energy Assessment (PDF) (37 pp, 5.8 MB)
NY	Lackawanna	Arcelor Mittal Tecumseh Redevelopment Inc. Property Feasibility Study (PDF) (93 pp, 2.2MB)
NY	Ulster	TechCity Feasibility Study (PDF) (54 pp, 2MB)
OH	Cleveland	Kolthoff Landfill Feasibility Study (PDF) (59 pp, 2MB)
PR	Commonwealth	Landfills across the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Feasibility Study (PDF) (75 pp, 4MB)
VT	Eden and Lowell	Vermont Asbestos Mine Group Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (46 pp, 2.6MB)
WA	Snohomish County	Cathcart Landfill Feasibility Study (PDF) (69 pp, 2.2MB)
WI	Eau Claire	Sky Park Landfill Feasibility Study (PDF) (48 pp, 2.5MB)
WI	Middleton	Refuse Hideaway Landfill Feasibility Study (PDF) (45 pp, 1MB)
WV	Nitro	Brownfield sites designated by the City of Nitro Feasibility Study (PDF) (54 pg, 1.8MB)
CA	Alpine County	Leviathan Mine Superfund Site In progress
KS	Shawnee	Doepke-Holliday Superfund Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (54 pp, 1.8MB)

Wind

Sites evaluated for wind potential.

State	City or County	Feasibility Study
KS	Shawnee	Doepke-Holliday Superfund Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (49 pp, 1.8MB)
IN	Newport	Newport Chemical Depot Feasibility Study (PDF) (32 pp, 1.7MB)
MN	Onamia	Mille Lacs Band Tribal Community Dump Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (78 pp, 4.2MB)
NE	Lincoln	West Haymarket Renewable Energy Project Feasibility Study (PDF) (34 pp, 2.2MB)
NY	Buffalo	South Buffalo/Buffalo River Area Feasibility Study (PDF) (32 pp, 1.9MB)
RI	Newport	Newport Naval Station Feasibility Study (PDF) (73 pp, 2.9MB)

Biopower

Sites evaluated for biopower potential.

State	City or County	Feasibility Study
IL	Rantoul	Former Chanute Air Force Base Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (38 pp, 1.2MB)
KS	Lawrence	Former Farmland Industries Nitrogen Plant Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (29 pp, 1.7MB)
LA	St. Bernard	Former Kaiser Aluminum Landfill Feasibility Study (PDF) (48 pp, 1.9MB)
MO	Kansas City	Municipal Farm Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (61 pp, 2.2MB)
MT	East Helena	ASARCO Superfund Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (55 pp, 2.8MB)
VT	Putney	Basketville Warehouse Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (95 pp, 5.4MB)

Geothermal

Sites evaluated for geothermal potential.

State	City or County	Feasibility Study
OR	Lakeview	Uranium Mills Tailing Site Feasibility Study (PDF) (28 pg, 976K)

Other

Sites evaluated for other potential.

State	City or County	Feasibility Study
PA	Drums	Jeddo Tunnel Feasibility Study (PDF) (64 pp, 6.1MB)
	Various	Identifying and Converting Petroleum Brownfield Sites to Alternative Fuel Stations Feasibility Study (PDF) (38 pp, 2.6MB)