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Feds identify 237,100 acres in Arizona for renewable energy projects
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management has recommended 237,100 acres of public land in Arizona are suitable for renewable energy development, part of an effort to speed up the...
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BLM sets aside 21,000 acres near Yuma for possible solar project
[caption id="attachment_42982" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="The Bureau of Land Management is studying sites across Arizona that might be suitable for large-scale solar power development. The site above is already operating at...
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U.S. interior secretary touts giant Gila Bend solar plant’s economic impact
Feds approve solar energy project near Buckeye
Phoenix officials tout solar program as nationwide possibility
[caption id="attachment_39710" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, in Washington with other Valley officials, touts the city’s successes with renewable energy to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu. (Cronkite News...
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Shine a light on cooperation: State lawmakers actually work with the feds on some things, like solar power
[caption id="attachment_37515" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The view looking slightly northeast back towards the Capitol from the roof of the Polly Rosenbaum Archives Building reveals the facility’s installation of solar panels. The...
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Solar advocate files first ballot measure of ’12 cycle
Energy Department backs $359 million in loans for ‘waterless’ 700MW solar plant
The proposed Sempra Generation solar-power plant west of Phoenix is uniquely suited to Arizona, planners say, because it will not need water to operate like most other solar plants. (Map...
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Tempe exec says regs delay solar power on public land
WASHINGTON — Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service policies discourage the development of solar projects, an executive for Tempe-based First Solar told congressional lawmakers this week....
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Solar backers threatening initiative
Court upholds ACC ability to approve rate hikes
The Arizona Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled the Arizona Corporation Commission has authority to require utilities generate portions of their power from renewable energy...
