British Petroleum Site, Paulsboro, NJ
NJ Voluntary Cleanup
NJ Voluntary Cleanup
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BP Paulsboro Solar Field and Former Infrastructure
Cleanup Objectives: Remove petroleum products and chlorinated compounds from surface and ground water near Delaware River port
Green Remediation Strategy: Uses a solar field to power pump-and-treat (P&T) system extracting 300 gallons of ground water per minute
- Installed a 275-kW solar field encompassing 5,880 photovoltaic (PV) panels in 2003
- Uses solar energy to operate six recovery wells, including pump motors, aerators, and blowers
- Transfers extracted ground water into a biologically activated carbon treatment system
Results:
- Obtains 350,000 kWh of electricity each year from a renewable energy source, which meets 20-25% of the P&T system's energy demand
- Eliminates 571,000 pounds of CO2 emissions annually through avoided consumption of grid electricity during P&T processes
- Prevents emission of 1,600 pounds of SO2 and 1,100 pounds of NO2 each year
- Provides opportunity for re-use and expansion of the PV system, with potential capital cost recovery if integrated into site reuse
Property End Use: Port operations
More detail is available about this site in the May 2008 issue of EPA's Technology News and Trends newsletter.
Point of Contact: Sasa Jazic, Atlantic Richfield Company
Update: February 2008
