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September 24, 2014

Some parts of California may be off limits for solar

  • Some areas in California would be designated for large solar, wind and geothermal plants, while others would be off limits to protect desert habitat and animals.
    • By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
    Associated Press

    SAN FRANCISCO — State and federal officials sought Tuesday to bring order to California's boom for renewable-energy plants in the Mojave and other southern California deserts, releasing a roadmap covering 22.5 million acres that designates some areas for large-scale solar, wind and geothermal plants and others for conservation of desert habitat and animals.

    “We have amazingly special places here,” U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said in a news conference at a desert wind farm near Palm Springs with U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and other officials releasing the multi-agency draft plan.


     
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