“This landscape-level plan will support streamlined renewable energy development in the right places while protecting sensitive ecosystems, preserving important cultural heritage and supporting outdoor recreation opportunities,” said Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in Palm Desert, California.
The lands specifically identified for renewable energy development by the plan have up to 27GW of potential energy generation capacity, enough to power more than eight million homes, according to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages and would lease them to private developers.
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