10/21/2021 By Scott Streater
Solar panels at sunset. Tom Brewster Photography/Bureau of Land Management/Flickr
BLM considers big solar expansion in Nev.’s Mojave Desert
SNIPPET:
The Bureau of Land Management is evaluating three large-scale solar projects that could turn the southern Nevada desert into a major green energy hub.
BLM, in three separate notices filed today and yesterday on the Federal Register, announced the
withdrawal of nearly 16,000 acres of federal lands southeast of Pahrump, Nev.,
from new mining claims for two years while it evaluates three large-scale solar power proposals that would power hundreds of thousands of homes.
The
largest is the
🌞 Copper Rays Solar Project, proposed by
First Solar, that would have the capacity to produce
700 megawatts of electricity, with a 700 MW capacity battery energy storage system, according to federal documents and associated filings with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. BLM is
withdrawing about 5,518 acres from
mining claims while it evaluates the project.
Full article:
https://www.eenews.net/articles/blm-considers-big-solar-expansion-in-nev-s-mojave-desert/