DOE/EA-1756: Final Environmental Assessment

Analyzes additional solar panels, solar concentrating modules, and small wind energy generating systems in Ellensburg’s Renewable Energy Park.

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance

September 1, 2010

Battelle Memorial Institute’s Smart Grid Project at the City of Ellensburg’s Renewable Energy Park; Kittitas County, Washington

DOE issued final DOE/EA-1756, which analyzed the potential environmental impacts of providing partial federal funding to Battelle Memorial Institute for the construction and operation of 540 additional solar panels, 10 solar concentrating modules, and 8 small wind energy generating systems at the City of Ellensburg’s existing Renewable Energy Park. The proposal included associated underground wiring and communications lines with a single project tie-in to the utility grid.

For more information, see Battelle Memorial Institute’s Smart Grid Project at the City of Ellensburg’s Renewable Energy Park.

  • EA-1756-FEA-2010.pdf
    DOE prepared this EA to evaluate the potential environmental consequences of providing a financial assistance grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) (Recovery Act; Public Law 111-5, 123 Stat. 115) to Battelle Memorial Institute to facilitate the installation of 540 additional solar panels, 10 solar concentrating modules, and 8 small wind energy systems at the City of Ellensburg’s Renewable Energy Park located in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. This EA analyzes the potential environmental impacts of DOE’s proposed action of providing the Recovery Act funding and of the No-Action Alternative.