"I
believe
actions
speak
louder
than
words,”
he
said
in
testimony
before
the
Senate
Energy
and
Public
Works
Committee.
Salazar
estimates
the
projects
involve
77,000
megawatts
and
1.2
million
acres
of
land.
Experts
at
both
BLM
and
the
US
Energy
Department’s
(DOE)
National
Renewable
Energy
Laboratory
tell
Recharge
that
as
a
general
rule,
10%
of
proposed
solar
projects
actually
get
built
due
to
failure
to
obtain
environmental
permits,
financing,
and
local
and
state
approvals;
inadequate
transmission
capacity,
water
restrictions
and
other
problems.
“We
have
huge
solar
potential
in
the…
