Interior Denies Canceling Largest Solar Project in US After Axing Review

Interior denies canceling largest solar project in US after axing review

A U.S. Department of the Interior spokesperson said the agency canceled a broad environmental review grouping together seven individual projects that make up the 6.2-gigawatt Esmeralda 7 project, but could review each one individually.

Interior denies canceling largest solar project in U.S. after axing review

A U.S. Department of the Interior spokesperson said the agency canceled a broad environmental review grouping together seven individual projects that make up the 6.2-GW Esmeralda 7 project, but could review each one individually.

Two Solar Stories, Two Different Directions: Why China Builds Faster as the U.S. Hits Pause

Two very different headlines on solar hit the industry. In the United States, federal officials cancelled a proposed mega-solar project in Nevada that would have been among the nation’s largest. In China, state planners and companies finished a vast solar cluster on the Tibetan Plateau that will power millions of homes. These moves show how policy choices shape where clean energy grows, and how fast the world decarbonizes. A Giant U.S. Project G…

Trump Admin Cancels 6.2 GW Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada

In a move that has sent ripples through the renewable energy sector, the Trump administration’s Interior Department has abruptly canceled what was poised to be the largest solar project in North America. The Esmeralda 7 initiative, a sprawling collection of seven solar farms in rural Nevada, was designed to generate up to 6.2 gigawatts of clean power—enough to supply electricity to roughly two million homes. Approved under the previous administr…

DOI halts development of largest solar project in the US

The U.S. Dept. of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has canceled an environmental impact review of Esmeralda 7, a proposed 6.2-GW solar + storage project in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The seven separate arrays that would have composed Esmeralda 7 were sited on 62,300 acres of BLM land. The project is listed as canceled… The post DOI halts development of largest solar project in the US Environmental review of 6.2-GW Esmeralda 7 solar …