WEBINAR - RE-Powering America's Land - 02/07/12 @ 1PM EDT

On February 7 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST, EPA's RE-Powering America's Land Initiative will host a webinar: Decision Trees for Screening Potentially Contaminated or Underutilized Site for Solar and Wind Potential

You can register for the webinar at http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/renewableenergyland/.

> This webinar will give an overview of two draft decision trees that 
> the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Renewable 
> Energy Laboratory (NREL) created to screen potentially contaminated 
> and underutilized sites for solar and wind potential. These 
> decision trees were created to guide state and local governments 
> and other stakeholders through a process for screening sites for 
> their suitability for solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy. 
> Targeted sites include underutilized "greyfields", commercial/
> industrial rooftops, brownfields, Superfund sites, RCRA sites, 
> publicly owned facilities, abandoned parcels, and landfills. EPA 
> encourages the development of these targeted sites, instead of 
> green space.
>
> Through the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative, the EPA 
> encourages renewable energy development on potentially contaminated 
> land. The EPA also promotes redevelopment of urban sites to achieve 
> "Smart Growth" objectives. Community vision for the site, as well 
> as the site's key attributes, should shape the redevelopment plan.
>
> These decision trees can be used to screen individual sites for 
> solar or wind potential or for a community-scale evaluation of 
> candidate sites. They are not intended to replace or substitute the 
> need for a detailed site-specific assessment that would follow an 
> initial screening based on criteria contained in the trees. Tips on 
> how users can obtain information relevant to various parameters in 
> the trees are provided.
>
> These draft tools have been posted on EPA's RE-Powering America's 
> Land website athttp://www.epa.gov/renewableenergyland/
> develop_potential_fs.htm. EPA is seeking your feedback on these 
> draft decision trees. Please send comments by February 16 to Shea 
> Jones at jones.shea@epa.gov
>