If fully built out, the project will utilize 243 wind turbines to generate power for as many as 175,000 homes, and create 750 jobs through construction and operations, according to DOI.
The lands are under control of the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation, two DOI agencies.
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama announced a new plan to restrict US carbon emissions that included having DOI permit an additional 10GW of renewable energy projects on public lands by 2020.
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