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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the first proposed projects selected under the Department’s Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, an effort to repurpose parts of DOE-owned lands that were previously used in the nation’s nuclear weapons program into sites of clean-energy generation.
The initiative also supports the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to leveraging federal properties to support the buildout of utility-scale clean energy projects.
The DOE will enter into lease negotiations with two solar energy developers for carbon-free electricity generation projects within the 890-square-mile Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site to produce 400 MW of solar power, enough to power 70,000 homes.
In total:
NorthRenew Energy Partners proposes installing photovoltaics and battery storage on approximately 2,000 acres of land at the INL site to produce more than 300 MW of carbon-free electricity.
Spitfire proposes to install photovoltaics and battery storage on approximately 500 acres of land at the INL site to produce 100 MW of carbon-free electricity.
As part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, the DOE has issued requests for qualifications (RFQs) to lease land at four additional sites: the Hanford site in Washington, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, the Nevada National Security Site in Nevada, and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
The DOE intends to open subsequent RFQs for the INL site to solicit additional generation-ready clean energy projects for the land remaining available at the site. The DOE will also continue to engage and partner with industry, Tribal nations, communities, stakeholders, regulators, and others to implement a process for further development of clean energy projects on DOE land.
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