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Renewable Energy Maps
The maps and incentive sheets on this page were developed by EPA in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and provide information about opportunities for renewable energy generation on contaminated lands and minings sites in all 50 states. This page covers potential for five types of renewable energy:
- Community wind energy – Wind energy potential with wind power class of 3 or greater.
- Utility scale wind energy – Wind energy potential with wind power class of 4 or greater.
- Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) – Solar energy potential with solar power class of solar class 6 kWh/m2/day.
- Photovoltaic solar energy (PV) – Solar energy potential with solar power class of 5 kWh/m2/day.
- Biomass energy – Cumulative biomass residue of 150,000 tonnes/year (for biopower), and cumulative crop biomass residue of 100,000 tonnes/year (for corn ethanol).
EPA OSWER Center for Program Analysis Data Guidelines for "Clean and Renewable Energy Generation Potential on EPA Tracked Sites" Maps (PDF) (4pp, 94KB, About PDF) - This document outlines the renewable energy mapping methodology, data considerations, data sources and attributes, and contact information.
Maps for these five types of energy, as well as non-grid connected wind and photovoltaic solar energy, for the entire nation are also available:
- US biomass energy generation potential map
- US community wind energy generation potential map
- US solar power (CSP) energy generation potential map
- US non-grid connected wind energy generation potential map
- US non-grid connected photovoltaic (PV) solar energy generation potential
- US photovoltaic (PV) solar energy generation potential map
- US _Utility scale wind energy generation potential map
The table below contains maps showing the locations of opportunities for renewable energy generation on contaminated lands and mining sites in all 50 states. The incentive sheets contain information about federal and state incentives that are available for renewable energy generation and contaminated land redevelopment in each state.
For further information regarding Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands and Mining Sites, please contact: cleanenergy@epa.gov.