Audio for "Opportunities for Renewable Energy on Contaminated Sites under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund," Sep 25, 2024
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The EPA-administered Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) will be investing $27 billion in federal resources, and mobilizing significant additional private capital, over the next five to seven years to address the climate crisis. Among GGRF-eligible clean energy investments are renewable energy projects on contaminated sites such as brownfields, landfills, and former mine lands. In this webinar, learn how some GGRF grantees could support financing for renewables on contaminated sites and how others may choose to consider clean energy redevelopment of these sites. The webinar is timely because EPA recently obligated funds to GGRF state, tribal, and multi-state nonprofit grantees, meaning that some GGRF grantees are now able to begin accessing their funds to implement their GGRF financing programs. Other GGRF grantees are starting a one-year planning period to engage with their communities and finalize financing program designs.    The webinar will include an update on GGRF's three programs — the National Clean Investment Fund, the Clean Communities Investment Accelerator, and the Solar for All program — from EPA program leadership as well as a panel discussing creative renewable energy strategies for contaminated sites under GGRF.   The GGRF panel discussion and Q&A with federal and state officials and a renewable energy developer will educate state, tribal, and other government agency officials and their stakeholders on how:Federal GGRF finance funding can spur further private capital to significantly accelerate renewable energy development;GGRF-funded programs may achieve additional, local redevelopment benefits by encouraging renewable energy in low-income and disadvantaged communities where contaminated lands are often located;New community solar projects can be a key mechanism for expanding solar access for low-income residential customers;Community solar represents the fastest-growing revenue model for contaminated site renewable projects nationally;An agency can pursue renewables on contaminated lands within GGRF financing sources if it wishes to do so; andTo find additional EPA resources to support development of renewable energy on contaminated sites.  For information on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, please see: https://www.epa.gov/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund. For information on the 60 Solar for All grantees selected for a cumulative $7 billion in awards, please see: https://www.epa.gov/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund/solar-all. To view this archive online or download the slides associated with this seminar, please visit http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/GGRF-Opportunities_092524/
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