The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the 600-megawatt Jove Solar Project, located in southwest Arizona.
The project has the potential to generate enough energy to power approximately 180,000 homes each year.
Jove Solar, LLC proposed to construct, operate, maintain and decommission the utility-scale solar facility and potential battery energy storage system on about 3,495 acres of public land and 38 acres of county lands in La Paz County.
BLM approved an alternative plan which avoids construction within the desert wash that crosses the project, preserves the channel floorplan, maintains wildlife habitat connectivity, and avoids areas of environmental sensitivity.
“BLM supports efficient development of clean energy on our nation’s public lands to move toward a carbon pollution-free power sector,” said Ray Castro, BLM Yuma Field Manager, in a statement. “We will continue to engage with Tribal, federal, state, and local governments, local communities, stakeholder groups, and industry as this project moves toward construction.”
BLM has approved 46 renewable energy projects on public lands and exceeded its goal of permitting 25 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025. In total, BLM has permitted clean energy projects on public lands with a total capacity of over 34 gigawatts, which is enough power for approximately 15.5 million homes.
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