President Obama Speaks on Climate Change
June 25, 2013 | 48:46 | Public Domain
President Obama lays out his vision for a comprehensive plan to reduce carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change, and lead global efforts to fight it.
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6/25/2013
Why Obama's Plan To Accelerate Permitting For Renewable Energy Is A Big Deal
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President Obama is expected to make commitments for streamlining the permitting process for renewable energy projects on federal land during his talk at Georgetown University today.
Per the President’s Climate Action Plan:
In 2012, the President set a goal to issue permits for 10 gigawatts of renewables on public lands by the end of the year. The Department of the Interior achieved this goal ahead of schedule and the President has directed it to permit an additional 10 gigawatts by 2020. Since 2009, the Department of Interior has approved 25 utility-scale solar facilities, nine wind farms, and 11 geothermal plants . . . Also, the Department of Defense – the single largest consumer of energy in the United States – is committed to deploying 3 gigawatts of renewable energy on military installations, including solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal, by 2025. In addition, federal agencies are setting a new goal of reaching 100 megawatts of installed renewable capacity across the federally subsidized housing stock by 2020.
Federal permitting is a very, very big issue for utility-scale renewable energy projects, especially solar power projects sited West of the Mississippi River. The maps below illustrate why.
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