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... Step Forward for Solar on Public Lands: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced plans Monday to assess 24 tracts of land in six Western states to see if they can support large solar arrays. By the end of next year, he expects 13 commercial-scale solar projects to be under construction on public lands. — NYT’s Green Inc. ...
676,000 Acres of US Public Land Surveyed for Solar Power Potential
TreeHugger —
The so-called "solar study zones" will reportedly focus on 24 tracts of land in six states; Colorado, California, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. The studies will streamline the permitting process, and pave the way for solar developers to set up shop with greater ease. Because of this, Salazar predicts there will be at least 13 large commercial solar power plants operating in those areas by 2010. Solar advocacy groups, predictably, are ecstatic. From Green Inc : Rhone Resch, the president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, praised the initiatives. It’s about ...
Obama To Open U.S. LandsTo Large-Scale Solar Power Projects
Yale Environment 360 —
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said his department is studying whether 670,000 acres of federal lands in six Western states are suitable for the construction of large-scale solar power projects. Salazar, appearing in Las Vegas with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said the Obama administration is doing “everything we can to put the bulls-eye on the development of solar energy on our public lands.” He predicted that by the end of next year, 13 commercial-scale solar power projects could be under construction on U.S. government lands in Nevada, ...
Energy and Global Warming News for June 30: Surprise success in Amazon conservation; solar to be studied for 670,000 acres of US public land
Climate Progress —
... climate change, according to a new study led by Michigan State University researchers.
The study, to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contends state and federal governments in Brazil have created a sustainable core of protected areas within the Amazon. And even if the remaining Brazilian Amazon is deforested, the climate will not significantly change – thereby protecting the Amazon’s ecosystems.
New Measures to Aid Solar on Public Lands
Interior Secretary Ken ...
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 01 July, 2009
EcoTech Daily —
... New Measures to Aid Solar on Public Lands. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said that 670,000 acres of lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management would be studied to determine whether they could support large solar power arrays. Mr. Salazar says he expects there to be 13 commercial-scale solar projects under construction on public lands. Now this is some welcome news for sure! ...
Energy and Global Warming News for July 2nd: Dump the “Saudi Arabia of solar” meme; Environmental toll of plastics
Climate Progress —
... On Monday, as I was listening to a news call with Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, and Ken Salazar, the Interior secretary, Mr. Reid spoke some proud words: ...
Energy and Global Warming News for July 13: 6,700-page report by world leaders concludes that climate change “will cause civilization to collapse”
Climate Progress —
... The Department of the Interior’s move last month to accelerate development of large-scale solar power plants on federal land in six Western states could give an edge to companies that have already staked lease claims in 24 new “solar energy study areas.” ...
Clean Energy Stocks Shopping List: Solar Stocks
Alternative Energy Stocks —
... that has no practical limitations on
scale. My optimism is fueled by the Department of the Interior's recent
move to speed
solar development on public lands, something which has been a major ...
