The Bureau of Land Management is ramping up the development of renewable power production on public lands, initiating the review of three proposed solar projects in Arizona that would add more than 1 GW to the grid and updating its decade-old guidance for planning solar development on public land.
On Monday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said scoping meetings were imminent for the up to 600-MW Jove solar project in La Paz County and announced a two-year segregation of more than 4,400 acres of public land for two proposed solar projects – the 300-MW Pinyon Solar project in Maricopa County, and the 300-MW Elisabeth Solar project in Yuma County.
