The Bureau of Land Administration (BLM) has launched the ultimate Environmental Affect Assertion for the Jove Photo voltaic Mission, which may generate 600 MW if authorised.
Jove Photo voltaic proposes to assemble, function, preserve and finally decommission a utility-scale photo voltaic facility and potential battery vitality storage system on 3,495 acres of public land and 38 acres of county lands in La Paz County, Ariz. The challenge would hook up with the five hundred kV Cielo Azul switching station and Ten West Hyperlink transmission line.
The BLM’s most well-liked various would keep away from development throughout the desert wash that crosses the challenge, protect the channel floodplain, preserve wildlife habitat connectivity and keep away from areas of environmental sensitivity.
“The BLM helps environment friendly improvement of renewable vitality on our nation’s public lands to succeed in the Biden-Harris administration’s aim of a carbon pollution-free energy sector by 2035,” says Ray Castro, BLM Yuma area supervisor.
“We are going to proceed to have interaction with Tribal, federal, state and native governments, native communities, stakeholder teams and trade as this challenge strikes towards implementation.”
A Discover of Availability will publish within the Federal Register. Mission data is out there on the BLM Nationwide NEPA Register.
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The Bureau of Land Administration (BLM) has launched the ultimate Environmental Affect Assertion for the Jove Photo voltaic Mission, which may generate 600 MW if authorised.
Jove Photo voltaic proposes to assemble, function, preserve and finally decommission a utility-scale photo voltaic facility and potential battery vitality storage system on 3,495 acres of public land and 38 acres of county lands in La Paz County, Ariz. The challenge would hook up with the five hundred kV Cielo Azul switching station and Ten West Hyperlink transmission line.
The BLM’s most well-liked various would keep away from development throughout the desert wash that crosses the challenge, protect the channel floodplain, preserve wildlife habitat connectivity and keep away from areas of environmental sensitivity.
“The BLM helps environment friendly improvement of renewable vitality on our nation’s public lands to succeed in the Biden-Harris administration’s aim of a carbon pollution-free energy sector by 2035,” says Ray Castro, BLM Yuma area supervisor.
“We are going to proceed to have interaction with Tribal, federal, state and native governments, native communities, stakeholder teams and trade as this challenge strikes towards implementation.”
A Discover of Availability will publish within the Federal Register. Mission data is out there on the BLM Nationwide NEPA Register.
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