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The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will enter into realty negotiations with Hecate Energy, LLC for a solar project with a capacity of up to one-gigawatt of energy production. The project will be placed within an 8,000-acre area of DOE owned land at the Hanford Site as part of the Cleanup to Clean Energy inititative. This initiative aims to repurpose parts of DOE-owned lands—portions of which were previously used in the nation’s nuclear weapons program—for clean-energy generation. 

Since announcing the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative in July 2023, last year, DOE has announced the selection of developers for carbon pollution-free electricity projects in IdahoNevadaSouth Carolina, and now in Washington state. Home to the Hanford Site, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a vibrant community and Tribal Nations, this part of Washington state has been critical to our nation for decades and is well positioned to become a center of carbon-free power solutions. 

Read more here: DOE Announces Cleanup to Clean Energy Project at Hanford Site | Department of Energy