The bipartisan Energy Act of 2020 authorized the BLM to alter rents and fees for green energy to promote solar and wind development, the DOI said. The legislation also required the DOI to permit at least 25 gigawatts (GW) of wind, solar and geothermal project capacity by 2025.
“The new rate reduction policy for solar and wind, as well as the BLM’s prioritization of applications, will incentivize industry to partner in responsible solar and wind development,” the DOI said.
The federal government approved 12 renewable energy projects on federal lands with a total capacity of 2.9 GW in 2021, Reuters reported. The DOI projected it would collect more than $4.6 billion in rents and royalty fees from renewable energy projects in 2022, according to its proposed fiscal year 2023 budget.
In addition, Haaland said the BLM would establish five Renewable Energy Coordination Offices throughout the west to handle the increased number of applications for solar and wind projects on federal lands.
“Nevada’s public lands contain some of our nation’s best wind, geothermal, and solar opportunities and by carefully locating these developments, we can invest in local economies by creating new jobs and infrastructure while combating the climate crisis,” Paul Selberg, the executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, said in a statement applauding DOI’s policy change Wednesday.
Lucky us in nevaDUH huh. Without govt handouts the wind and solar would be DOA. Our tax dollars at, well let's just say fraud, waste and abuse. Anyone remember the Crescent Dunes failed solar project outside of Tonopah NV? IIRC it is now finally producing power. Billion or so wasted.
FanFreakinTabulous
Invest in the blight of the earth
You destroy the energy sector and then you wonder why the economy contracts and you have inflation? Delusional people should not make policy.
Obambi did the same thing ...
Renewable are about saving the planet the same way CoupFlu policy is about protecting the public health.
Oh?
But you can’t have fossil fuel projects on public lands.
Watch for big profits for the Pelosis and the Bidens like Solyndra Version 2.0.
If anyone thinks solar is a good idea they should put their money where their mouth is and put it onto their own house, not force the rest of us to subsidize BLM and DOE bureaucrats to mismanage energy with their regulations and cronies.
It’s not brandon people....he’s just the useful idiot that can green light it.
How many wind turbines/solar panels will each car get ?
Great idea, you twit. You learned nothing from the problems experienced in TX with respect to solar and wind?
They want to move the world from Oil, Coal and Gas which provides about 84% of the world’s energy to wind/solar , we are in deep trouble ,LOL
If they covered every inch of public lands with renewable energy systems it couldn’t meet the load demands.
Solar panels have high amperage low voltage output electricity is only 35% efficient.
They are living in a dream world of utopia they wonder why it’s so dark there it’s because the sun don’t shine there.
Obviously the destruction of the lands caused by all those projects is OK.
They are taking of the use most of the off-road ways and making more and more wildernesses to protected the lands.
But then they send all that heavy machinery to destroy everything else in the name of “clean energy”
How do I turn the electricity into a Liquid so I can put in the tank of my car ? Biden thinks Gas/Diesel and Electricity are the same
But its to protect against the consequences of stupid policies like this.
There is no capacity for commercial solar or wind to store energy, so fossil fuel plants have to run on standby to fill the gap.
Windmills can't survive their payback period and they're an environmental hazard both in operation and disposal.
When we have blackouts I'll be able to keep food cold and run the well.
Bride of Solyndra in theaters near you
“The Consumer will save”, i.e., the electric bill will not move as much as the TAX DOLLARS out of your wallet to fill the pockets of the “Investors in politicians” bank accounts. Without MASSIVE TAX SUBSIDIES, the comparison in TRUE costs of power from “renewable”, aka, political donors and scam artists (think Solyndra, etc.).
As always, the Government has NO MONEY....it’s Taxpayer money when you’re talking “government-funded”, PERIOD.