Innovative local government leaders throughout the country are taking advantage of state and federal incentives to transform former landfills and contaminated industrial properties and waste sites into energy-producing wind and solar projects. Two examples of municipalities giving such contaminated properties new life are discussed in this article – redeveloping once polluted properties into solar installations in New Bedford, Massachusetts and revitalizing a former Bethlehem Steel plant into renewable energy projects in Lackawanna, New York.

In a recent article published by Cleantechnica Jeffrey Karp, Jerry Muys, and Van Hilderbrand demonstrate how corporate property owners can revitalize brownfields into a useful asset and revenue generator.

To view the full article please visit: http://cleantechnica.com/2016/07/21/brownfield-gold-rush-municipalities-give-contaminated-properties-new-life/.

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