U.S. EPA Contaminated Site Cleanup Information (CLU-IN)


U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. EPA Technology Innovation and Field Services Division
Renewable Energy Application
 
 
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Micro-Scale Units for Monitoring

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Mobile Systems

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Energy at Remote
Sites

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Portable Cleanup Units
with Energy Collectors

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Windmill for
Powering SVE

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Solar Energy Meets
100% of P&T Demand

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Interchangeable
Grid Tie

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Hybrid Wind & Solar System

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Hydropower for
Mining Area Cleanup

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Energy for Cleanup
and Potential Site
Reuse

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Re-Use of Former
Landfill Area

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Expanding Utility-Scale
Systems for Ongoing
Activities

Alternative Energy: From a Toxic Past to a Renewable Future. U.S. EPA Superfund Redevelopment Initiative. 2012. video icon

Best Practices for Siting Solar Photovoltaics on Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (PDF) (79 pp, 4.5MB). U.S. EPA and U.S. Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory. February 2013. *New*

Combined Heat and Power: Effective Energy Solutions for a Sustainable Future. U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL/TM-2008/224. December 1, 2008.

Cost of Renewable Energy Spreadsheet Tool (CREST), an economic cash flow model to assess projects involving solar, wind, or geothermal technologies, design suitable cost-based incentives, and evaluate the impact of tax incentives or other support structures. U.S. DOE/NREL.

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). North Carolina Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC).

Distributed Generation Energy Technology Capital Costs, a series of annually updated charts indicating recent capital and operation and maintenance costs for grid-renewable energy systems of various size ranges. U.S. DOE/NREL Energy Analysis.

Dynamic maps, GIS data, & analysis tools for wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and other energy resources. U.S. DOE/NREL.

Green Remediation and the Use of Renewable Energy Sources for Remediation Projects (PDF) (55 pp, 627.96K). Amanda Dellens, EPA/OSWER fellowship. August 2007.

Green Remediation Best Management Practices: Integrating Renewable Energy into Site Cleanup (PDF) (8 pp, 335.02K). EPA/OSWER. EPA 542-F-11-006. April 2011.

Groundwater Remediation Powered by a Renewable Energy Source (PDF) (72 pp, 2.5MB). Curt Elmore and Ron Gallagher, University of Missouri-Rolla. September 2005.

Power Profiler, an online tool to estimate air emissions associated with electricity consumption in a given zip-code area, based on the fuel mix used by the electricity provider. U.S. EPA/Green Power Partnership.

PVWatts™, an online calculator to determine energy production and cost savings of grid-connected photovoltaic energy systems. U.S. DOE/NREL.

Renewable Energy Maps and state incentive sheets corresponding to contaminated lands and mining sites across the United States. U.S. EPA/OSWER and U.S. DOE/NREL.

RETScreen clean energy project analysis software. Natural Resources Canada.

Siting Renewable Energy on Contaminated Properties: Addressing Liability Concerns (PDF) (13 pp, 265.34K). EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. EPA-330-F-11-001. March 2011.

Smart Energy Resources Guide. Prepared by Jennifer Wang for EPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory (Office of Research and Development) & Region 9 under the Regional Applied Research Effort program. EPA 600/R-08/049. March 2008.

Solar Power Installations on Closed Landfills: Technical and Regulatory Considerations (PDF) (36 pp, 1.16MB). Gabriel Sampson, EPA/OSWER fellowship. September 2009.

Superfund Landfill Methane-to-Energy Pilot Project (PDF) (143 pp, 7.51MB). EPA/OSWER Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. OSWER 9200.081. December 2010.

Technology News and Trends, highlighting site remediation projects with onsite renewable energy systems. EPA/OSWER. Issue No. 47: EPA 542-N-10-002. April 2010.

Technology News and Trends, highlighting green remediation strategies including use of renewable energy sources to power treatment systems. EPA/OSWER. Issue No. 36: EPA 542-N-08-003. May 2008.

Technology News and Trends, highlighting site remediation projects with onsite renewable energy systems. EPA/OSWER. Issue No. 30: EPA 542-N-06-009. May 2007.

Waste Not, Want Not: Analyzing the Economic and Environmental Viability of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Technology for Site-Specific Optimization of Renewable Energy Options. U.S. Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Technical Report NREL/TP-6A50-52829, February 2013. *New*

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