BLM promotes solar energy development

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a proposed roadmap that aims to increase the development of solar energy on public lands in Western states.

The Western Solar Plan was first instituted in 2012 and is now set to be expanded to an additional five states, including Wyoming.

The total area encompasses around 162 million acres of public land and would make 31 million of these acres available for solar applications.

The proposal aims to identify “solar application areas”, which are broad areas of BLM lands where solar proposals would likely encounter fewer conflicts with other resour...