CEML Technical Assistance Program and Clean Energy Siting Considerations for Mine Land

NREL will present an overview of the CEML Technical Assistance Program, which provides no-cost technical assistance to applicants interested in developing clean energy technologies on active and former mine land. After briefly introducing the purpose and process for applying to the technical assistance, this webinar will spend most of its time on site planning considerations for clean energy on mine land projects, using solar PV as an example technology. These considerations include renewable energy resources at a site, serving utility policies and power pricing, parcel size and available land area and land slope, soil type, water drainage, site access (roads), existing electrical infrastructure capacity, environmental constraints, and more. Altogether, participants will learn about the scope of NREL’s technical assistance effort, the advantages of mine land for clean energy, and factors for site planning for future CEML projects.

Presenters:

• Ryan Shepard, resilience researcher, NREL
• Andy Walker, senior research fellow, NREL