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| Portion of the RE-Mapper Tool for Potential Hydrothermal Sites in the South West USA |
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its RE-Powering Mapping and Screening Tool, which will now provide preliminary screening results for renewable energy potential at 66,000, up from 24,000, contaminated lands, landfills, and mine sites across the country. The RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative, started by EPA in 2008, encourages development of renewable energy on potentially contaminated land, landfills and mine sites when it is aligned with the community’s vision for the site.
The updated screening provides insight into the significant potential for renewable energy generation on contaminated lands and landfills nationwide. For geothermal energy alone, EPA identified over 355 Hydrothermal sites (including 6 in the Las Vegas area where the GRC Annual Meeting & GEA Expo is taking place Sept. 29-Oct.2), 1,616 Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) sites and 57,202 Geothermal heat pump contaminated sites.
RE-Powering Mapper Fact Sheets: Geothermal (PDF)
The total geothermal technical potential for EPA tracked sites is more than 7,000 MW. Read More......