brownfield
noun
brown·field
ˈbrau̇n-ˌfēld 
often attributive
: a tract of land that has been developed for industrial purposes, polluted, and then abandoned
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Because of their smaller size—which averages less than 5 megawatts on anywhere up to to a few dozen acres—they can be built over otherwise unusable land like old landfills or on brownfields.
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Sarah Sax, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
En route from the Detroit Free Press' downtown newsroom to my home on Detroit’s east side, past massive buildings and construction sites, the city fades to brownfields, where swaths of vacant land and lethargic structures long for new life with bated breath.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
Investing in brownfields cleanup The Roger Road project is one of 183 grants awarded to communities across the country totaling $233 million in 2024.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
Certain Milwaukee communities have higher pollution because of their close proximity to waste management facilities and brownfields, former industrial sites that are likely contaminated and currently abandoned or unused.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2024
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Sarah Sax, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
En route from the Detroit Free Press' downtown newsroom to my home on Detroit’s east side, past massive buildings and construction sites, the city fades to brownfields, where swaths of vacant land and lethargic structures long for new life with bated breath.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
Investing in brownfields cleanup The Roger Road project is one of 183 grants awarded to communities across the country totaling $233 million in 2024.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
Certain Milwaukee communities have higher pollution because of their close proximity to waste management facilities and brownfields, former industrial sites that are likely contaminated and currently abandoned or unused.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2024
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brownfield
noun
brown·field
ˈbrau̇n-ˌfēld
: a tract of land that has been developed for industrial purposes, polluted, and then abandoned
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