Interior Dept. wants 100GW of solar power on federal land

On Tuesday, the US Department of the Interior announced plans that should radically streamline the process of building utility-scale solar facilities in the US Southwest. After having surveyed terrain administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the DOI has identified the best sites for solar facilities. It will now withdraw these areas from consideration for other uses and undertake a single environmental review for all of them.

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Interior Dept. wants 100GW of solar power on federal land

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 P2P News

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