Christian Science Monitor
That way, instead of approving such large renewable energy projects on a case-by-case basis where developers want to build them, the energy zones will guide development to areas that are high in solar energy, close to transmission lines, and have, in ...http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2012/1014/Renewable-energy-US-takes-new-tack-with-solar-energy-zones
Federal plan designed to create large solar energy plants
Los Angeles Times - Oct 12, 2012
Federal plan designed to create large solar energy plants. Incentives
to cluster projects on 285,000 acres of U.S. land in the West will be
offered and an additional 19 million acres of the Mojave Desert opened
for new facilities.
US Approves Plan for Solar Development Across West
MENAFN.COM -
(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) The United States approved a plan Friday
that sets aside 285,000 acres of public land in the West for the
development of large-scale solar power plants. Interior Secretary Ken
Salazar called the plan a ‚"roadmap ‚ that will ...
Idaho Bypassed In Creation of Western Solar Energy Zones
Boise Weekly (blog) -
While some wind developers have had a rocky year in their efforts to
bring their brand of alternative energy onto the Western United States'
energy grid, federal officials announced late on Oct. 12 that they want
to streamline more solar development west of the ...http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2012/10/13/idaho-bypassed-in-creation-of-western-solar-energy-zones
New Obama Solar Energy Blueprint Paves Way for Additional 23.7 GW of Green ...
CleanTechnica - Oct 13, 2012
Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar on Friday announced a federal
blueprint for large-scale solar power project developments spanning six
Western states. The Obama Administration's Solar Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) ...http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/13/new-obama-solar-energy-blueprint-paves-way-for-additional-23-7-gw-of-green-power/
SEIA and LSA Statement on Dept. of the Interior's Record of Decision on the ...
Melodika.net (press release) - Oct 12, 2012
Saturday, 13 October 2012. Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar
Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and Shannon Eddy, executive
director of the Large-scale Solar Association (LSA), released the
following statement today in response to the ...http://www.melodika.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427883&Itemid=55
DOI, DOE launch Solar Energy Zones on federally managed land
Clean Energy Authority - Oct 12, 2012
A large solar installation Today the Departments of Energy and Interior
(DOE and DOI, respectively) launched Solar Energy Zones on public lands
in the U.S. West. The zones are part of the Obama Administration's
plans to make it easier for companies to ...http://www.cleanenergyauthority.com/solar-energy-news/doi-doe-launch-solar-energy-zones-101212
Interior Department Rolls Out New Solar Program
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) - Oct 12, 2012
New Solar Program is Historical by Embracing a Landscape Approach to
Energy Development. Turtle Mountain Wilderness - adjacent to the
eliminated Iron Mountain solar zone (photo credit: Turtle Mountain
Wilderness, which is adjacent to the now ...http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bmcenaney/interior_department.html
Interior to fast-track solar projects on public lands
The Hill (blog) - Oct 12, 2012
The Obama administration finalized a program Friday to fast-track solar
energy projects on public lands in six Western states. The Interior
Department set aside about 285,000 acres for commercial-scale solar in
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New ...http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/261779-interior-finalizes-plan-to-develop-solar-on-public-lands
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