RESTORING SITES USING GREEN REMEDIATION STRATEGIES

Dennis Beckmann*
David Friday
Group Environmental Management Company
(A BP Affiliated Company)
509 S. Boston
MC N352
Tulsa, OK 74103-4602
Voice: 918-581-4817
Fax: 918-581-3955
E-mail: beckmadd@bp.com

Kurt Alloway
The RETEC Group, Inc.,
Salt Lake City, UT

The Group Environmental Management Company is piloting the use of remediation systems powered by renewable energy sources in various environmental restoration projects. This approach is often both a business and economic strategy, consistent with corporate sustainability values. The paper will review several projects featuring "green" remediation elements, highlighting successes and lessons learned. Business benefits include energy and resource efficiencies, reduced capital expenditures and OM&M costs, expedited construction, and enhancement of corporate reputation. Government agencies may have financial incentives to use renewable energy sources, which can further reduce the cost of implementing them and increase the level of positive interest by governmental agencies.