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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management successfully completed the majority of its 2024 priorities, advancing critical cleanup work with the support of state, tribal and local partners.

EM's accomplishments and more across the cleanup complex are chronicled in EM’s 2024 Year in Review.

DOE has selected NextEra Energy Resources Development LLC to enter realty negotiations for a carbon-pollution-free electricity generation project at DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant as part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative.

The U.S. Department of Energy issued a request for qualifications related to the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative for utility-scale energy projects within the 310-square-mile Savannah River Site. Today’s announcement reinforces the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to leveraging federal properties to increase the deployment of clean power through the buildout of utility-scale clean energy projects.

DOE announced it will enter into realty negotiations with Hecate Energy LLC for a solar project capable of delivering up to one gigawatt of clean energy within an 8,000-acre area of DOE-owned land at the Hanford site as part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy Initiative.

Ameresco, Inc. selected as a second developer to enter lease negotiations for carbon pollution-free electricity generation project within the Savannah River Site as part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy Initiative.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Stellar Renewable Power, LLC, to enter lease negotiations for a carbon-pollution-free electricity generation project within the 310-square-mile Savannah River Site (SRS) as part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative.

The President nominates William "Ike" White to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and selects Candice Robertson to head the Office of Environmental Management.

Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative advances as the U.S. Department of Energy will host an information day on potential use of Savannah River Site land for utility-scale energy

The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington State Department of Ecology, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a landmark agreement that proposes a realistic and achievable course for cleaning up millions of gallons of radioactive and chemical waste from large, underground tanks at the Hanford Site.