Interior Department
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Solar
BLM Considering 31 Million Acres of U.S. Public Lands for Solar Power Development
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published details of a plan to make millions of acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for development of solar power. The Western Solar Plan, which revises guidelines from more than a decade ago, was published in the Federal Register on August 30. The BLM said […]
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Offshore Wind
Biden Administration Announces First Offshore Wind Lease Sales for Gulf of Mexico
The Biden administration on Feb. 22 announced the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind power development in the Gulf of Mexico. The Dept. of the Interior, through its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), said it would open more than 300,000 acres in the Gulf, an area that long has been a major part of […]
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Coal
Potential Navajo Station Operator—Less Capacity Equals More Profit
The possible new operator of the largest coal-fired power plant in the western U.S. told Arizona regulators this week the company would run the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) at less than half its installed generation capacity in order to maintain profitability. An official for Illinois-based Middle River Power (MRP) also said the plant would operate […]
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Wind
Dominion Wins Interior Dept.’s Federal Offshore Wind Auction
Dominion Virginia Power is the provisional winner of the Interior Department’s second competitive lease sale of federal land off the coast of Virginia to develop an offshore wind farm. The company bid $1.6 million to win the lease for 112,800 acres. In a statement on Wednesday, the Dominion subsidiary said it will use the land […]
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