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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has provided funding to the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) under the State Energy Program (SEP) and to Cuyahoga County under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG). ODOD would provide $1,275,000 of its SEP funds to the Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society (Agricultural Society) to design, permit, and construct a single 660-kilowatt wind turbine at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in the center of the Fairgrounds complex on 164 Eastland Road, Berea, Ohio. Cuyahoga County is also seeking to provide $391,486 of its EECBG funds to the Agricultural Society for the proposed project. This Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes the potential environmental impacts as a result of the proposed construction, operation, and decommissioning of the Cuyahoga County Agricultural Society’s Wind Energy Project and the alternative of not implementing this project (the No-Action Alternative).
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on completion of an Environmental Assessment (EA) and floodplain analysis to describe and evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with the: City of Montpelier Combined Heat and Power and District Energy System.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to authorized the expenditure of Federal funding by the City of Montpelier for the design, permitting, and construction of a combined heat and power (CHP) and district energy system (Montpelier CHP District Energy Project).
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide Federal funding through the Community Renewable Energy Deployment Program to the City of Montpelier for the design, permitting, and construction of a combined heat and power (CHP) and district energy system. This Draft EA analyzes the foreseeable environmental impacts of the proposed project and the alternative of not implementing this project (the No-Action Alternative), including the construction of a new heat plant and district energy system within a 100 year floodplain.
The purpose of this action is to provide USGN the opportunity to construct access roads, temporary pipelines and well pads for exploration drilling activities that would allow them to test the geothermal reservoir and evaluate the geothermal power development potential of the resource. BLM would do this in a manner that ensures the exploration proceeds as allowed by the terms of the leases and any special lease stipulations. DOE’s purpose is is to provide USGN with a financial assistance award funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the amount of $3,772,560. The funding would support a project to validate the use of innovative exploration technologies. Specifically, the USGN proposes to explore the San Emidio geothermal resource area by using exploration technologies to drill two exploratory wells, which are intended to confirm the resource and validate the exploration technology.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has provided a grant to the State of Illinois and is proposing to authorize the expenditure of Federal funding to design, permit, and construct the Libman Wind Energy Project, a proposed 1.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbine to be located north of the Libman manufacturing facility in Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois.
DOE is proposing to authorize the expenditure of Federal funding to design, permit, and construct a single-turbine wind energy project to provide renewable energy to fulfill 100 percent of Sauk Valley Community College’s (SVCC) annual electricity demand and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. DOE has authorized SVCC to use a percentage of their federal funding for preliminary activities, which include EA preparation, studies related to the EA (noise, shadow flicker, visual), and obtaining local permits. The activities are associated with the Proposed Project and do not significantly impact the environment nor represent an irreversible or irretrievable commitment by DOE in advance of the conclusion of the EA for the Proposed Project. Illinois proposes to provide SVCC a $500,000 grant, which would come from a formula grant that Illinois received from DOE pursuant to the Department’s State Energy Program. This EA analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the proposed installation, operation, and decommissioning of the SVCC wind energy project and the alternative of not implementing this project (the No-Action Alternative).
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provided Federal funding to the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) under the State Energy Program (SEP). ODOD proposes to provide $1,225,000 of its SEP funds to the Archbold Area Local School District (Archbold). Archbold would use these funds to design, permit, and construct a 750-kilowatt wind turbine adjacent to Archbold High School at 600 Lafayette Street, Archbold, Ohio.
DOE has provided a grant to the State of Illinois and proposes to authorize the expenditure of Federal funding to assist with financing the Chicago View Wind Project (the proposed project). DOE has authorized Chicago View Wind, LLC (CVW) to use a percentage of its Federal funding for preliminary activities, including the development of this EA. Such activities are associated with the proposed project and do not significantly impact the environment nor represent an irreversible or irretrievable commitment by DOE in advance of the conclusion of the EA for the proposed project. CVW proposes to construct, operate, and eventually decommission a single 1.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbine at the Chicago Heights construction debris landfill located north of Sauk Trail and west of Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois. A 5,540-foot underground transmission line would connect the turbine to the 12.47-kilovolt distribution line owned by Commonwealth Edison at the nearby Bloom Trail High School. This Final EA analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction, operation, and decommissioning of the proposed project and the alternative of not implementing this project (No-Action Alternative).
DOE has provided a State Energy Program (SEP) grant to the State of Illinois and proposes to authorize the State to expend $500,000 of this Federal grant to assist with the financing of the design, permitting, and construction of the Heartland Community College (HCC) Wind Energy Project, a proposed 1.5-megawatt wind turbine on the northern end of the HCC campus, just south of Interstate 55, in Normal, Illinois.