Interior Secretary says $41 million in Interior’s recovery funds will focus on renewable energy, including regiuonal planning and siting for biomass energy projects

In Washington, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced $305 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will fund more than 650 Bureau of Land Management projects, including $41 million through the ARRA to advance the nation’s development and transmission of renewable energy on public lands.

These funds will be invested in reducing the backlog of pending applications for wind and solar projects on BLM-managed land. If approved in the permitting process, these large-scale renewable energy projects will create new jobs and increase renewable energy supplies. In addition, these funds will be invested in regional planning and siting of future development and transmission of wind, solar, geothermal and biomass energy.

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