Richmond Green-Blue New
Deal Opportunities Report
1 Medema
Consulting
Abbe & Associates
September 2024
Goal
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 2 The Richmond Green-Blue New Deal will
catalyze at least 1,000 new green-blue jobs
for Richmond residents that build a just,
equitable, resilient and sustainable future.
Vision
Just - Racial, economic, environmental, and intergenerational justice Equitable - Everyone should have the right to a healthy environment, regardless of their race, class, or other status
Resilient - The ability to recover quickly from a shock or challenge Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 3 Sustainable - Meeting the needs of the
present population without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet
their needs
Just Transition – Moving toward a clean
energy economy with high-road jobs
What Are Green-Blue Project Areas?
1. Renewable Energy
2. Building Electrification
and Energy Efficiency
3. Sustainable
Transportation
4. Zero Waste
5. Land Use
6. Green Infrastructure and
Urban Forestry
7. Water
8. Other
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 4 Green-Blue Jobs Projects Already in
Place
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 5 • Solar photovoltaics
• Building electrification
and energy efficiency
• Electric vehicle charging
• Electric bike lending
library
• Tiny homes
• Food rescue
• Tree planting
• Living Levee
• Community gardens
• Port electrification
Watershed Nursery, Richmond Groundwork Richmond
Rebuilding Together East Bay Network,
Richmond
Large Projects (100-1,000 jobs)
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 6 Port upgrade, New Bedford, MA
Offshore wind construction vessel, Brownsville, TX
$5.5 billion new Li-Ion battery factory, Queen Creek, AZ Offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing, France
Other
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 7 Develop green
hydrogen* (fossil
fuel-free)
manufacturing for:
1) aviation fuel
2) long-haul trucking
fuel
3) green steel
manufacturing
4) fertilizer
manufacturing
* with caveats
Green hydrogen, Bremerhaven, Germany
Medium-Sized Projects (10-100 jobs)
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 8 Solar emergency microgrid at Fire
Station #6, Fremont, CA
Community of accessory dwelling
units, Austin, TX
Destination downtown, Richmond
Building deconstruction Urban Ore, Berkeley, CA Refoundry, South Los Angeles and Brooklyn, NY Medium-Sized Projects
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 9 startBlue accelerator, San Diego, CA Training center for boat maintenance and repair, San Diego, CA Berthing vessels, Portland, OR Brownfields Research and Innovation Hub Small Projects (with potential to grow)
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 10 Oyster ball monitoring, Watershed Project, Richmond
Transportation management association,
Palo Alto, CA Shoreline ecotourism
Surplus food rescue, San
Francisco, CA
Community land trust
Small Projects (with potential to grow)
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 11 Remakery, Paris
Urban Machine
Financial Tools
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 12
Capacity Building
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 13 Four full-time people for two years
• Champions
• Scope
• Business plans
• Line up funding (public and private)
• Project managers
• Grow projects to next level
Project Contact Information
Richmond Green-Blue New Deal | City of Richmond Slide 14 City Staff Contact:
Samantha Carr, Environmental Manager
[email protected]
Consultant Contact:
Justine Burt, Project Manager
[email protected]