Public announcement of environmental impact assessment for independent energy storage projects

What is the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) database?

The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Database provides information about EISs prepared by federal agencies, as well as EPA's comments concerning the EISs. All EISs are filed with EPA, and EPA publishes a "Notice of Availability" each week in the Federal Register.

Should environmental impact assessments be conducted at the project level?

Traditional environmental impact assessment (EIA) conducted at the individual project level has proven to be insufficient to deal with the bigger picture beyond project level impacts, to address cumulative impacts from multiple projects/developments and to protect the public interest.

What is Bess impact assessment?

BESS impact assessment claimed on the technology regulatory requisite for sustainable development. Battery energy storage system (BESS) has many purposes especially in terms of power and transport sectors (renewable energy and electric vehicles). Therefore, the global demand for batteries is projected to rise by 25% per annum.

How to meet the objectives of the Impact Assessment Initiative?

To meet the objectives of this initiative, a robust and up-to- date communication and outreach strategy needs to be developed and implemented at different levels. Support desk for at least five years should be established, by practice-oriented organizations in the field of impact assessment and the energy planning sector. 5.

Is there a sustainability assessment framework for the electronics industry?

The Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) has developed a sustainability assessment framework for the electronics industry. However, none of these frameworks were considered technologies, e.g. energy efficiency and recyclability. Thus, for this analysis we have developed a framework based on streamlined LCA methods.

What is Chapter 2 of the impact assessment framework?

Following this introduction, Chapter 2 describes the research methodology and the environmental and social impacts considered in developing the impact assessment framework.