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Biden administration finalizes solar lands plan, touts permitting progress

• toomuchtodo 2y ago
  > The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's plan identified 31 million acres (12.5 million hectares) best suited for solar development in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. > The lands identified have high solar potential and low conflicts with wildlife and plant habitats, giving projects proposed in these locations a jumpstart on permitting. Per the NREL (~8 acres/MW of generation) [1], this is roughly 3,875 GW of potential solar PV generation capacity in the Western US. [1] https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/56290.pdf https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/56290.pdf