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US Government Opens Up 31 Million Acres of Federal Lands For Solar
Saturday August 31, 2024. 05:30 AM , from Slashdot
It would make the public lands available for potential solar development, putting solar farms closer to transmission lines or on previously disturbed lands and avoiding protected lands, sensitive cultural resources, and important wildlife habitats. BLM surpassed its goal of permitting more than 25 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy projects on public lands earlier in 2024. It's permitted 29 GW of projects on public lands -- enough to power over 12 million homes. The Biden administration set the goal to achieve 100% clean electricity on the US grid by 2035. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2324258/us-government-opens-up-31-million-acres-of-fede...
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