Last week, the Obama Administration approved a plan that will make way for utility-scale solar development on 285,000 acres of public land in the Western US. The plan encompasses areas of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah and will create 17 “Solar Energy Zones.” It provides strong economic incentives for development within these zones, with allowances for faster and easier permitting as well as improved mitigation strategies. Read the rest of Obama Administration Approves a Sweeping Plan for Utility-Scale Solar Development Across 6 Western States Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 17 Solar Energy Zones , conservationists , desert solar development , domestic energy production , janine blaelock , Mojave Desert Solar Power , obama administration , programmatic environmental impact statement , secretary of interior ken salazar , solar development exclusion zones , solar development variance zones , solar done right , solar energy production , US Department of Interior , utility-scale solar development in western states
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Obama Administration Approves a Sweeping Plan for Utility-Scale Solar Development Across 6 Western States
