2025
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Hanwha Qcells Redeemer 1 Environmental Assessment
The Project involved construction of a new solar manufacturing facility capable of producing solar ingots, wafers, cells, and finished panels.
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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina 27511
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SWCA was retained to provide National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance for Qcells’ Redeemer 1 Project in Bartow County, Georgia, which consisted of a new solar manufacturing facility capable of producing solar ingots, wafers, cells, and finished panels. As a third-party NEPA consultant, SWCA assisted the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office with proposed action development, scoping, draft and final Environmental Assessment (EA) preparation, public comment response, FONSI, and administrative record maintenance.
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EA-2257: Final Environmental Assessment and FONSI – Hanwha QCells Project Redeemer, Bartow County, Georgia
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has issued a final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) to consider the environmental impacts associated with providing potential financial assistance (a federal loan guarantee) to support the construction completion and initial operations of a new solar panel production facility in Bartow County, Georgia.
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Senior Environmental Planner
Sue Wilmot
Dr. Wilmot has worked in the environmental field for more than 19+ years, with a focus on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process for projects across the United States. At SWCA, she has provided project management, interdisciplinary team coordination, technical analysis, and public involvement support for a diverse range of planning projects, including overseeing permitting, fieldwork, agency consultation, and public outreach on behalf of both private and government clients. She is well versed in the NEPA process, with direct involvement and knowledge of how the NEPA process interfaces with other processes such as National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 consultations, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and Clean Water Act Section 404 processes. Dr. Wilmot also has educational training and professional experience in environmental, political and community sociology, social psychology, statistical analysis, and survey data collection methodologies.
