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The goal is to speed project permittingfor utility-scal e solar power projects, an announcement from the Interior department The initiatives were announced in Las Vegas on Under one initiative, 24 tracts of BLM land in six Western states, known as Solar Energy Study Areas, will be evaluater for their environmental and resource suitability for large-scalre solar energy production. The areas cover 670,0090 acres in Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, California, New Mexico and In Colorado, the three areas in the San Luis Valley that will be part of the studhy could generate upto 4,182 megawattsa of solar power if fully developed, according to the Areas deemed suitable for larges solar power projects would be availabl for companies to build installations with a capacityt of 10 megawatts or more.
Companiees proposing projects in these areasx would be eligible for fasterpermit processing, the department The 24 tracts of land in the Solar Energy Study Areas will be looked at as part of an existinfg solar-power environmental impact study the departmenyt is conducting in six Western The in-depth environmental review of the 24 tractse is being paid for with moneyh from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the announcement The department’s has received 158 applications for solar powedr projects on federal lands in the including one application for a Colorado-based solar power plang capable of generating up to 150 megawatt s of power from the sun, the department
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