The Rush for Gigawatts in the Desert Explodes

GreenTech Media, January 9, 2009

The federal Bureau of Land Management has seen a 78 percent jump in the number of solar energy project applications since it reversed a controversial decision last July and started to accept applications again. The number of applications has risen to 223 from 125. The applicants are vying to build solar power plants that are 10 megawatts or larger in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado, according to BLM data. In all, these projects would occupy 2.3 million acres.

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