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Interior moving forward with contentious desert solar projects

Patrick Donnelly-Shores, former student, College of Natural Resources | March 7, 2014

On February 19th, the Department of Interior announced that it had approved two utility-scale solar projects in the Mojave Desert: Silver State South Solar Project and Stateline Solar Farm Project. The two projects, which have already generated significant controversy, straddle the California/Nevada border in the remote Ivanpah Valley, and will combine to provide 550 MW of energy, … Continue reading »