Renewable Energy at Remediation and Industrial Sites: Legal, Technical, and Financing Considerations

The United States Environmental Protection Agency encourages property owners and developers to install renewable energy facilities on industrial, remediation, and potentially contaminated sites. 

Such installations can be appropriate ways to use and reuse sites.  They can reduce operational and remediation energy expenses, add outside funding streams to a project, and provide incentives to regulators and project participants.  This presentation discusses the needs of various participants in renewable energy transactions at industrial and remediation sites and outlines the considerations in structuring such transactions.  It reviews the interests of the various parties, discusses how they can work together to bring about a successful project, and discusses contractual provisions that participants often use in structuring their transactions.  It discusses liability issues from the perspectives of the various parties and identifies regulatory and contractual mechanisms to address those concerns.  The presentation discusses typical project contracts, permits, funding mechanisms, local opportunities, and state and federal incentives.  The presentation discusses several project examples.