THE WESTERN SOLAR PLAN IS FINALIZED. WHAT DOES IT ...

Feds plan to add Northwest, Western state land to potential ...

The 2012 Western Solar Plan expanded siting for solar energy projects on federal lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and ...

BLM Western Solar Plan: Public Meeting In Albuquerque February ...

The plan addresses “utility-scale solar facilities,” which is defined to include projects with capacities of 20 megawatts (MW) or greater that ...

Obama Administration Approves Roadmap for Utility-Scale Solar ...

The Solar PEIS establishes an initial set of 17 Solar Energy Zones (SEZs), totaling about 285,000 acres of public lands, that will serve as ...

BLM's Western Solar Plan - Electricity Today

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has unveiled a pivotal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its Western Solar Plan, a strategy designed to ...

Western Solar Plan: Balanced? Or apocalyptic? - The Land Desk

THE NEWS: Last week the Bureau of Land Management released the final environmental review of its Western Solar Plan, which guides ...

Feds finalize Western public lands solar plan | Energy News Network

California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatens to call a special legislative session to pressure Democratic lawmakers to pass a bill that would require ...

BLM proposes opening 31M acres of public land to solar development

Solar projects on public land will still need to undergo site-specific environmental reviews, but the new Western Solar Plan should help speed ...

BLM'S Western solar plan | TSLN.com - Tri-State Livestock News

It would make over 31 million acres of public lands across 11 western states available for potential solar development, driving development closer to ...

BLM Releases Proposed Western Solar Plan

The BLM hopes the release of the Final Utility-Scale Solar Energy ... Western Solar Plan) will support continued progress on responsible ...

BLM releases plan to develop solar on 31 million acres of Western ...

This year BLM also issued a final Renewable Energy Rule that will lower consumer energy costs and the cost of developing solar and wind ...

ACP Responds to BLM's Final Draft of Western Solar Development ...

“ACP appreciates the time BLM has dedicated to reviewing the permitting process for solar development and recognizes the flexibility added into ...

BLM Releases Plan to Develop Solar on 31 Million Acres of Western ...

This release is the proposed updated Western Solar Plan, which was first published in 2012 and designed to guide responsible solar development ...

BLM Proposes 31 Million Acres of Western Land for Solar ...

Developed with public input, the proposed updated Western Solar Plan will guide BLM's management of solar energy proposals and projects on ...

31M Western Acres Threatened by Solar Thanks to New Biden ...

Solar energy development can be smartly deployed. The finalized Biden-Harris Western Solar Plan, however, brings uncertainty and will invite ...

Coalition Provides Comments on BLM's Proposed Updated Western ...

So, yes, the Plan itself may not authorize any specific solar energy project. ... The exclusions proposed in the Plan are similar to existing ...

Solar energy on federal land - Earth Wise

The Western Solar Plan is a major expansion for clean energy production in the Bureau of Land Management's land leasing portfolio. For decades, ...

Expanding the bull's eye of solar development on public lands

Proposed changes to the US Bureau of Land Management's Western Solar Plan would clear the way for large solar energy projects to be built ...

New BLM Solar Plans Seek to Balance Conservation and ...

Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published the Final Programmatic EIS and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments that would ...

BLM's proposed Western Solar Plan leaves room for wildlife - MSN

A new federal proposal details which public lands across the West would be open to solar development. Wildlife advocates are glad to see that some - but not ...

BLM Plans Solar Projects on Western Public Lands - MeatEater

Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced plans to streamline and expedite solar energy development in the West with a newly ...