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NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

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A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu.

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Geothermal energy in US grew 5% in 2012; California the leader

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of renewable energy generation in the United States, with geothermal plants and small power units online in nine states including California, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming. According to the EIA, geothermal energy accounts for about 3.5%

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The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar

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Photo: BLM The Biden administration has updated the roadmap for solar development to 22 million acres of federal lands in the US West. The updated roadmap refines the analysis in the original six states and expands to five more states – Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. million homes.

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The US government opens up more federal lands for solar – to 31 million acres

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Photo courtesy of Tom Brewster/BLM California The Biden administration has finalized a plan to expand solar on 31 million acres of federal lands in 11 western states. times the amount of public land available for solar. times the amount of public land available for solar. Plus, a lot more land, of course.

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