While developer Renewable Resources Group will build the project on private land, approval by DOI’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was necessary because a planned 230kV transmission line from the project must cross public lands to connect to the grid owned by Southern California Edison.
In May, Riverside County approved the project, which will utilize single-axis trackers. It has support from a coalition of environmental organizations that include Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, Audubon California, The Wilderness Society and Natural Resources Defense Council.
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