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Solar plant at Heritage Center honored with sustainability award

Posted at 3:47 pm May 31, 2016
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An aerial view of Oak Ridge’s third solar array development at Heritage Center, which was built by a team honored with a U.S. Department of Energy Sustainability Award. (Photo courtesy DOE EM)

 

A solar power plant in west Oak Ridge is one of two projects recognized with 2016 Energy Sustainability Awards by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Teams at the two DOE Environmental Management, or EM, sites were recognized for spearheading projects that have saved taxpayer dollars while promoting efficiency and smart use of DOE resources, a press release said.

“The DOE Sustainability Performance Office highlighted efforts at the Oak Ridge and Savannah River sites as outstanding contributions to the department’s goal of improving environmental, energy, and economic performance while reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” the press release said.

UCOR, the prime contractor for Oak Ridge’s EM program, helped the small business subcontractor Restoration Services Inc. team with community partners to build a one-megawatt utility scale photovoltaic power generating project called Powerhouse Six that became operational in April 2015. [Read more…]

Filed Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, Front Page News, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Andrew Albenesius, Betsy Child, Caroline Barber, Cathy Hickey, City of Oak Ridge, Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, DOE, DOE Sustainability Performance Office, DOE-Savannah River, East Tennessee Technology Park, ETTP, Gil Hough, Gill Sallade, John Harley, John Seale, Parodio Maith, Perry Spurling, Powerhouse Six, Rick McLeod, RSI, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Savannah River Site, Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization, solar array, solar plant, SRSCRO, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy Sustainability Award, UCOR, URS-CH2M Oak Ridge LLC, Vis Solis Inc.

Guest column: ECA highlights local government’s role with Energy Secretary Moniz

Posted at 6:39 pm July 1, 2014
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ECA Board and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

From left to right are Aiken County Council Chairman Ronnie Young, Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson, Los Alamos County Councilor Fran Berting, Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan, ECA Executive Director Seth Kirshenberg, Secretary Ernest Moniz, Aiken County Council Member Chuck Smith, Kennewick Mayor Steve Young, SRSCRO Executive Director Rick McLeod, Los Alamos County Administrator Brian Bosshardt, and ECA Deputy Executive Director Allison Finelli. (Submitted photo)

 

On June 23, the Energy Communities Alliance Executive Board met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz to highlight the importance of the Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup, national security, nuclear energy, and waste management missions. The ECA Executive Board, including Chair and Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan, and other elected local government officials also stressed the importance of regular communication and partnership between DOE and the local governments that are adjacent to DOE facilities. Secretary Moniz agreed that working with local governments is important to the success of DOE.

Earlier in the day, the ECA Executive Board also met with National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Frank Klotz, Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Dave Huizenga, and other DOE and administration officials, as well as congressional staff.

Mayor Beehan stated that local governments can be DOE’s asset for gaining support for missions and for infrastructure development at the sites, but in order for that to occur, local governments must be involved in decision-making. Mayor Beehan also stressed the importance of land transfer to local communities. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Government, Guest Columns, Oak Ridge, Opinion, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Aiken County Council, Allison Finelli, Brian Bosshardt, budget, Chuck Smith, Dave Huizenga, defense waste, DOE, ECA, ECA Executive Board, Energy Communities Alliance, environmental management, Ernest Moniz, Fran Berting, Frank Klotz, Hanford Site, Kennewick, land transfer, local government, Los Alamos, Mark Watson, National Nuclear Security Administration, NRC, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear waste, Oak Ridge, Rick McLeod, Ronnie Young, Savannah River CRO, Seth Kirshenberg, small modular reactor, SMR, SRSCRO, Steve Young, technology transfer, Tom Beehan, U.S. Department of Energy, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, WIPP

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