California Desert Conservation Area Solar Panels

Fish and wildlife service developed the desert renewable energy conservation plan drecp that identifies areas in the desert appropriate for the utility scale development of wind solar and geothermal energy projects.

California desert conservation area solar panels.

Mccoy solar energy project cdca amendment supplemental protest report may 29 2013 terms. Bureau of land management blm and the u s. To protect the area and streamline the permitting process the california energy commission the california department of fish and wildlife the u s. California desert conservation area planning and nepa solar energy regions.

All told nearly 30 000 acres of photovoltaic solar farms producing up to 4 000 megawatts could come online in the california desert within the next few years a 30 uptick statewide over 2018 the. Department of the interior s bureau of land management blm has given a preliminary but close to final environmental approval for first solar s 450 mwac desert quartzite solar power plant. Area conservationists were concerned that the projects would haphazardly slice up the desert if measures weren t put in place to protect the sensitive ecosystems. The development of the plan began in 2008 as a renewable energy gold rush led to solar and wind developers proposing projects all across the southern california desert.