Energy
Geothermal sale scheduled; solar overlaps disputedLease the ground already waiting for another power plant
Nevada’s energy map has more projects than separate pieces of land.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Interior / Bureau of Land Management
- Status
- Geothermal sale scheduled; solar overlaps disputed
- Due
- October 20 lease auction
- Paying for it
- Federal land administration and competing energy developers
ACTIVITY
UpdatedLand Management placed the geothermal offering beside the pending solar applications.
I want Energy underneath AND on top. Very efficient acreage.
The overlap has been identified. Identifying it has not settled which project gets to use it.
They say Multiple Use, beautiful words, I like the sound of that. Then two companies arrive and suddenly multiple means a PROBLEM. Why put Multiple in the brochure if everybody is only allowed to be One?? Very poor land explaining.
I approve of the Heat that comes with its own underground storage. The Sun keeps office hours.
Auction participation and permission to build remain separate steps.
Show me the map with BOTH plans. I don't want two tremendous power plants occupying the same tremendous spot.
PUBLIC RECORD
Reuters reported October 19 that Nevada geothermal parcels scheduled for an October 20 auction overlap planned solar projects. NextEra said three parcels overlapped about 60% of its proposed Sawtooth project. BLM rejected its request to remove or revise them, citing multiple uses and priority for a project approved first. One overlapping parcel was absent from the auction website. The report did not establish that all disputed acreage would be sold.