US to open Energy Department land to clean energy development
WASHINGTON : The US will announce on Friday a program to repurpose Department of Energy Department land, including part of a site contaminated during the production of atomic bombs about 80 years ago, for generation of clean energy including wind, solar and nuclear power.
The DOE said it has identified about 70,000 acres (283.28 square kilometers) it owns that could eventually be home to the largest solar energy project in the country. There were no other immediate details on the place or timing of such a project.
US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will present the Cleanup to Clean Energy plan to help achieve President Joe Biden’s clean electricity at event later on Friday in Washington.
The event will include developers of renewable power and nuclear power, involving participants with experience implementing successful clean electricity projects generating at least 200 megawatts, the department said.
Source : reuters
