Bureau of Land Management Finalizes Western Solar Plan

Bureau of Land Management releases proposed Western Solar Plan

The BLM today announced its proposed roadmap for solar energy development on public lands, designed to expand efficient and environmentally ...

The finalized Western Solar Plan signals the agency will take a responsible approach to renewable energy development on public lands, ...

BLM's Solar Plan: Balancing Efficiency, Flexibility, and Conservation

The finalization of the updated Western Solar Plan is a big step forward for the BLM and responsible renewable energy development on federal ...

BLM finalizes plan to streamline solar on public land

The Bureau of Land Management has released a final draft of its Western Solar Plan, which will streamline solar development on 31 million acres of public land ...

TWS celebrates BLM finalizing first ever update to public lands solar ...

The Bureau of Land Management released its final Western Solar Plan update, which guides responsible solar energy development on public ...

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

However, the BLM anticipates only 27,000 acres of actual development in Wyoming by 2045 to meet market demand for solar energy — roughly one ...

SEIA Statement on BLM Opening 31 Million Acres of Public Land for ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Bureau of Land Management released a final environmental review of the Western Solar Plan, also known as the Solar ...

Notice of Availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental ...

... BLM issued the 2012 Western Solar Plan. First, there has been an increase in utility-scale solar energy development, both on and off public ...

Bright Future for Western Solar - Living on Earth

The Bureau of Land Management is updating its master plan for developing solar energy on BLM lands in the West, to help the US meet ...

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

The US Bureau of Land Management issued its proposed updated Western Solar Plan on Thursday, designating more than 31 million acres of public land in 11 states ...

Biden administration takes stride on public lands renewable energy ...

The Bureau of Land Management released its final Renewable Energy Rule, which together with the Western Solar Plan will help facilitate the ...

Solar Energy | Bureau of Land Management

On August 29, 2024 the BLM announced its proposed updated Western Solar Plan, designed to ensure efficient and environmentally responsible solar energy project ...

BLM Proposes Updated Plan To Streamline Solar Development in ...

The draft PEIS analyzes proposals to replace the existing Western Solar Plan (finalized in 2012), which covered land management plans in six western states.

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

The plan marks a major expansion for clean energy production in the Bureau of Land Management's land leasing portfolio. ... Western Solar Plan ...

Biden-Harris Administration delivers historic milestones, new actions ...

... energy projects proposed on public lands in the western United States. ... energy development by updating the Western Solar Plan. The BLM is ...

2012 Solar Energy Development PEIS Information Center

... land use plans with the consideration of establishing a new BLM Solar Energy Program. ... On November 10, 2016, The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized its ...

BLM analysis aims to optimize solar energy development throughout ...

In considering updates to the Western Solar Plan, the BLM worked closely with the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory to ...

Interior Department Finalizes Rule Providing a Foundation for the ...

... (BLM) finalized its rule governing solar and wind energy development on public lands. ... planning efforts, including the Western Solar Plan ...

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

... permitting framework across 11 western states for management of utility-scale solar energy development on public lands.

Rep. Rosendale calls BLM's Western Solar Plan a 'fantasy world'

The Bureau of Land Management's updated Western Solar Plan, which ... plans once finalized, to provide more input to BLM." solar panels.