Interior Unveils First ever National Solar Energy Plan for Public Lands

Interior Unveils First-ever National Solar Energy Plan for Public Lands Power Engineering Magazine The plan known as the Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is the first-ever roadmap for large-scale solar energy development on lands managed by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management in Arizona, California, ...
Interior Department unveils first national solar energy plan Imperial Valley Press The other zone in California included in the plan is located near Riverside while others are located in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. All these are lands managed by the federal government. The plan comes after a diverse coalition of ...	Department of the Interior plan pre-approves sites for solar development in 6 ... FRESNO, Calif. - The Obama administration moved Tuesday to streamline the development of large-scale solar projects on public lands by approving 17 vast tracts across the West it says has the highest power-generating potential and the fewest ... Solar-energy blueprint unveiled San Francisco Chronicle - The Obama administration unveiled a final blueprint for solar-energy development Tuesday that identifies 285000 acres in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah that have been green-lighted for solar-energy projects. US solar plan creates energy zones, excludes sensitive lands Los Angeles Times - ‎ The Obama administration unveiled plans Tuesday to ramp up solar energy production, offering incentives for solar developers to cluster projects on 285000 acres of federal land in the western US and opening an additional 19 million acres of the Mojave ... Interior Department sets aside millions of acres for solar power Washington Post - ‎ The Obama administration on Tuesday announced its final plan for fast-tracking large-scale solar energy projects in a vast portion of the West, promising installations with enough wattage to power nearly 7 million homes over the next decade. Interior Names Solar 'Hot Spots' Out West New York Times (blog) - ‎ By JOHN M. BRODER Bureau of Land ManagementSmall blue circles indicate prime sites for solar energy installations; for the light blue patches, solar applications might be granted through a variance process. Yellow zones present limited solar ... US creating zones in six states to quickly develop solar energy Reuters - ‎ | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration announced a plan on Tuesday to open public land in six southwestern states to speed up the development of solar energy, while blocking projects in areas deemed environmentally sensitive. Interior establishes three 'solar energy zones' in Utah Salt Lake Tribune - ‎ By Thomas Burr Washington • The Interior Department on Tuesday designated 285000 federal acres in the West as "solar energy zones," including three spots in Utah where officials say panels could go up quickly to fuel future electrical needs. US Creates 17 Zones for 'Faster' Solar-Farm Development Bloomberg - ‎J The US Interior Department identified 17 zones of public lands in six western states as “priority areas” for solar development, where proposed projects will be rapidly approved. The zones, in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, ... Breakdown of Interior Department's solar tracts by state Washington Post - ‎ FRESNO, Calif. — Land pre-approved by the Department of Interior for solar development covers about 285000 acres in six western states. The breakdown by state: —Arizona: Two sites on 6465 acres —California: Two sites on 153627 acres —Colorado: Four ...