BLM flags two large solar proposals; county raises vegetation and conformance concerns

Melanie Peterson of the Bureau of Land Management told the Natural Resources Advisory Committee on July 21 that the agency was screening two major solar proposals in White Pine County. Peterson said there is “a new solar application by Apollo Solar through Arevia for 6,800 acres in Newark/Jakes Valley area for a 1,000-mw solar facility with a 33-mile gentie line,” and separately discussed Lonely Road Solar, a proposed 600-MW, 7,400-acre development roughly 10 miles outside Ely between Robinson Mine and Robinson Summit.