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DOE-led projects to investigate how large-scale solar siting affects public perception

Community opposition is among the top three leading causes of project cancellations, and researchers say it has ramped up in the last five years.

DOE eases environmental review requirements for transmission, storage, and solar projects

DOE said it is taking these steps to reduce the cost and time for environmental analysis incurred by DOE, project developers, and the public for these projects.

DOE competition aims to advance wind turbine materials recycling

While most of a wind turbine’s mass can be recycled, the remaining 10%-15%, composed of fiber-reinforced composites and rare earth elements, are still unrecyclable.

New tech under development to monitor bird and bat contact with wind turbines

The project aims to help better understand how wildlife co-exists with wind farms.

DOE storm runoff tool aims to help solar developers

PV-SMaRT Runoff Calculator is meant to be used by developers and regulators to better understand how solar farms affect stormwater runoff.

The Energy Department has targeted $1 million to dole out to towns that adopt its SolarAPP+ approach to project permitting.