The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to update its Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS), in an attempt to support solar developments on public lands across the West of the United States. The Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in six south-western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah) was issued in 2012. The BLM will also initiate reviews of three proposed solar projects totalling over 1 GW in Arizona, namely the up to 600 MW Jove solar project in La Paz county, the 250 MW Pinyon solar project in Maricopa county and the 300 MW Elisabeth Solar project in Yuma county.
The BLM is currently processing 65 utility-scale renewable (solar, wind and geothermal) projects on public lands, which would have the combined potential to add over 31 GW of renewable capacity to the western electric grid. It is also processing more than 100 applications for solar and wind development and nearly 50 applications for wind and solar testing.
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