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.

You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.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.

Feasibility Studies and Fact Sheets

• Solar

  These sites were evaluated for solar potential.

  State	City or County	Site Name	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)
  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

  These sites were evaluated for wind potential.

  State	City or County	Site Name	Feasibility Study
  CA	Alpine County	Leviathan Mine Superfund Site	In progress
  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)
  MI	Baraga	Keweenaw Bay Indian Community	Feasibility Study (PDF) (5 pp, 256K)
  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

  These sites were evaluated for biopower potential.

  State	City or County	Site Name	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

  These sites were evaluated for geothermal potential.

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

• Other

  These sites were evaluated for other potential.

  State	City or County	Site Name	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)