A Department of Interior auction of four parcels of land capable of hosting close to 3 GW of utility-scale solar development in Nevada received a total of $105.15 million in high bids, the department said last week, making it the highest-yielding onshore renewable auction it has ever had.
Interior’s Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, auctioned off a total of 23,675 acres in the Amargosa Desert last week. The department has identified provisional winners for two of the parcels and preferred applications on the other two, which were located outside of the Amargosa Valley Solar Energy Zone and will require successful bidders to submit a right-of-way application and development plan.
