Keywords
Theme:
environment, energy
Theme:
Energy, Environment
Place:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Canada, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Description
Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Center for Program Analysis (OCPA) is encouraging the reuse of contaminated lands for siting clean and renewable energy facilities. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Outlook 2008, by 2030 U.S. electricity production will need to increase by nearly 30 percent to meet growing demand. Currently, wind, solar and biomass supply 2.3% of our nation's electricity. While these renewable sources currently make up only a small fraction of energy production, renewable energy production is expected to increase by more than 70% between 2006 and 2030. Identifying and using land located in areas with high quality renewable energy resource will be an essential component of developing more electricity from renewable energy sources.
Purpose
EPA has developed data showing opportunities to site renewable energy on contaminated lands and mining sites in each state. This data is designed as a resource for:
developers, environmental managers, land managers, private industry, communities, local, state, and federal energy officials, or anyone with an interest in promoting renewable energy projects on contaminated lands and mining sites. The data provides information relevant to siting renewable energy production facilities and to incorporating smaller-scale renewable energy production as part of another type of redevelopment, such as a housing, commercial, or industrial project.
Supplementary Information
More information, including static maps, datasets, a Google Earth file and fact sheets and incentives can be found at http://www.epa.gov/renewableenergyland/index.htm
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Status of the data
Complete
Data update frequency:
As needed
Time period for which the data is relevant
Date and time:
20081120
Description:
Current as of publication
Publication Information
Who created the data: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Center for Program Analysis
Date and time:
20081120
Publisher and place:
U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), Washington, DC
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Data storage and access information
Type of data: vector digital data
Location of the data:
http://www.epa.gov/renewableenergyland/maps/EPA_sites_renewable_energy_shapefile.zip
Data processing environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
Accessing the data
Data format: ZIP
Data transfer size: 0.257 MB
How to decompress the file: Send to "Uncompressed"
Network location:
http://www.epa.gov/renewableenergyland/index.htm
Available media: CD-ROM
Constraints on accessing and using the data
Access constraints:
None
Use constraints:
Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata.
Details about this document
Contents last updated: 20081210
Contents to be reviewed: 20121120
Who completed this document
Penny McDaniel
Center for Program Analysis, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
mailing address:
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
cleanenergy@epa.gov
Standards used to create this document
Horizontal coordinate system
Details
Geographic Coordinate System
Latitude Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid Name: Clarke 1866
Semi-major Axis: 6378206.400000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 294.978698
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Bounding coordinates
Horizontal
In decimal degrees
West:
-176.652500
East:
-67.003167
North:
66.571111
South:
20.866944
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Lineage
FGDC lineage
Process step 1
Process description: Compiled data from EPA databases (CERCLIS, ACRES, and RCRA 2020 Universe Inventory) and plotted points and exported as EPA Tracked Sites Shapefile
Process date: 20080728
Process step 2
Process description: Joined EPA Tracked Sites to NREL Biomass, Solar (DNI and LATILT), and Wind Data to obtain resource information for the sites.
Process date: 20080708
Process step 3
Process description: Joined EPA Tracked Sites to NREL FEMA transmission line data and ESRI Highway and Railway data sets to obtain distance in miles from this infrastructure.
Process date: 20080708
Sources
Source 1:
Abanoned Mine Lands
(AML)
Media: Database
Contribution: Includes all abandoned hardrock mines and mineral processing sites listed in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) as well as many AMLs with emergency response actions that are not listed in CERCLIS. AML data includes information from the AML inventory dated 2/27/2008 and includes CERCLIS information current as of January 2008. Acreage from the AML Inventory was used in most cases. In cases where acreage was not provided in the AML Inventory, CERCLIS acreage was used.
Currentness of this source
Source 2:
ACRES
(Brownfields)
Media: Database
Contribution: Includes data in the Assessment Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange (ACRES) database, queried on 7/8/08. Data includes information on properties associated with Brownfields Grants awarded in fiscal year 2003 and beyond, where an assessment or cleanup activity has been completed and EPA Brownfields funding was expended. This includes: Assessment, Cleanup, Revolving Loan Fund, Section 128 and Targeted Brownfields Assessment grants.
Currentness of this source
Source 3:
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)
Media: Database
Contribution: Includes all sites from the RCRA 2020 Universe Inventory from July 2007. Acreage information was only provided for the 2008 Baseline Inventory sites, but site latitude and longitude information was provided for all sites.
Currentness of this source
Source 4:
CERCLIS
(Superfund)
Media: database
Contribution: Includes Superfund sites included in the EPA OSWER Cross-Program Revitalization Measure (CPRM) universe, with information provided by the Superfund Office on 7/24/08. Superfund site-specific information in available in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS).
Currentness of this source
Source 5:
NREL High Resolution Wind Data
(Wind HR)
Media: Shapefile
Scale denominator: 200 meter to 1000 meter
Contribution: Wind power class (high resolution data)
http://www.nrel.gov/gis/data_analysis.html
Currentness of this source
Source 6:
NREL Low Resolution Wind Data
(Wind LR)
Media: Shapefile
Scale denominator: 1000 meter
Contribution: Wind power class for states without high resolution data (low resolution data)
http://www.nrel.gov/gis/data_analysis.html
Currentness of this source
Source 7:
NREL National Solar Photovoltaics
(PV)
Media: Shapefile
Scale denominator: 10 kilometers
Contribution: Annual average daily total solar resource LA Tilt
http://www.nrel.gov/gis/data_analysis.html
Currentness of this source
Source 8:
NREL National Concentrating Solar Power
(CSP)
Media: Shapefile
Scale denominator: 10 kilometers
Contribution: Annual average daily total solar resource, direct normal irradiance (DNI)
http://www.nrel.gov/gis/data_analysis.html
Currentness of this source
Source 9:
NREL National Biomass Resource Assessment
(Biomass)
Media: Shapefile
Contribution: An estimate of the biomass resources available by county for the following feedstock categories: crop residues, methane emissions from manure management, methane emissions from landfills and wastewater treatment facilities, forest residues, primary and secondary mill residues, urban wood waste, and dedicated energy crops.
http://www.nrel.gov/gis/data_analysis.html
Currentness of this source
Source 10:
NREL Transmission Lines for Conterminous United States
(FEMA)
Media: Shapefile
Contribution: Provides kilovolt value and distances to the nearest transmission line. Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) circa 1993.
http://www.nrel.gov/gis/data_analysis.html
Currentness of this source
Source 11:
ESRI U.S. Highways
(Highway)
Media: CD-ROM
Contribution: Distance to nearest highway
Currentness of this source
Source 12:
ESRI U.S. National Transportation Atlas Railroads
(Rail)
Media: CD-ROM
Contribution: Used to calculate the approximate distance to the nearest railway.
Currentness of this source
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Spatial data quality
Horizontal positional accuracy
This data concerns the location of facilities and sites that are regulated by, or of interest to, the EPA in conducting its regulatory mission. The information on the facilities and sites, including the locations, has been gathered from a number of sources. While EPA subjects the data to Quality Assurance (QA) procedures, the Agency cannot vouch for the reliability of all the data. Users of the data (or any portion thereof) may wish to verify its accuracy before use. Data were collected using methods that have unknown accuracy (EPA National Geospatial Data Policy [NGDP] Accuracy Tier 10). For more information, please see EPA's NGDP at http://epa.gov/geospatial/policies.html)
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Spatial data description
Vector data information
SDTS description
Feature class: SDTS feature type, feature count
Feature class:
Entity point, 9626