Bureau of Land Management Finalizes Western Solar Plan

Plan would make 1 million acres of federal land in Oregon available ...

The federal Bureau of Land Management recently proposed adding Oregon to its Western Solar Plan to meet rising demand for clean energy.

U.S. government expands solar energy development on federal land

The Biden administration has finalized an expansive plan to make 31 million acres of federal land in 11 western states available for solar energy development.

Ask BLM to protect important public lands from renewable energy ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is undertaking a preliminary scoping effort that may update their 2012 Plan for solar energy (2012 Western Solar Plan) ...

Interior Department Finalizes Plans to Accelerate Wind and Solar ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hoped to change that by releasing a finalized rule Thursday that would speed up leasing for clean energy on ...

'Culture change': BLM ramps up conservation focus on public lands

The Bureau of Land Management's plan to elevate conservation as a priority is already playing out across federal lands, even before a rule ...

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

... western states for management of utility-scale solar energy development on public lands. The plans would allow development near existing and ...

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

Secretary Salazar finalized a program for spurring development of solar energy on public lands in six western states.

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

Feds plan to add Northwest, Western state land to potential expansion of solar energy · U.S. Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, announces land in ...

DOI Finalizes Rule Providing Foundation for Future of BLM's ...

The rule complements the Department's landscape-scale planning efforts, including the Western Solar Plan, California's Desert Renewable Energy ...

The great solar build-out - High Country News

Meanwhile, the BLM is accepting comments until April 18. Once the new Western Solar Plan is finalized, possibly by the end of this year, all ...

BLM Signals Federal Land is Open for Renewables | HUB - K&L Gates

The updated Western Solar Plan is expected to, among other things, make programmatic planning decisions for solar development on BLM ...

National Solar Energy Plan Moves Closer to Final Stages - NRDC

The Interior Department is moving to finalize the nation's first solar energy program for public lands with the closing of the public comment period today.

BLM Takes Key Steps to Expedite Solar Energy Development on ...

Solar Energy Zones were established in BLM's Western Solar Plan for solar energy development, which was finalized in 2012. The plan provided a ...

Rights-of-Way, Leasing, and Operations for Renewable Energy

That programmatic land use planning process will consider updating the BLM's Western Solar Plan ... finalized. This final rule's definition ...

Business of Land Management | The Smokey Wire : National Forest ...

... Land Management, NEPA, Renewable energy- wind and solar Leave a comment · BLM kicks off process to develop new West-wide solar plan. December 6 ...

BLM Solar Plan Can't Come At The Expense Of Wild And Native ...

The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) 2012 Western Solar Plan ... Once the plan is finalized, the BLM will amend land use plans across the ...

BLM Finalizes Rule to Lower Annual Charges for Wind and Solar ...

Finally, it is important to consider the final rule in the context of other ongoing BLM initiatives, such as updates to the Western Solar Plan ...

Feds want to open 1/10th of Utah for solar energy development. The ...

The Bureau of Land Management released its Western Solar Plan, which ... If the proposed Western Solar Plan is finalized, the BLM ...

BLM Finalizes ?Smart from the Start? Rule for Solar and Wind

... plans such as the Western Solar Plan, California?s Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, and Arizona?s Restoration Design Energy Project.

Bureau Of Land Management - OPB

29 they had finalized a plan to add Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Washington and Wyoming to its existing Western Solar Plan — an Obama-era project that expanded ...