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Fed works to speed solar development in Southwest
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NEW YORK - The government will help companies build powerful solar farms in the desert Southwest by pre-qualifying huge swaths of federal land for development.
The Department of Interior said Monday it will designate 670,000 acres of federal land in Nevada, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah as study areas for utility-scale solar projects.
The land will be divided into 24 tracts called Solar Energy Study areas.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the department will work with states on environmental studies and permitting to speed solar development in those areas.
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