Through the Solar Energy Program, the BLM has established its own environmental policies and design features applicable to rights - of - way for utility - scale solar
energy development projects on public lands administered by the BLM.
The country invested billions in renewables research in the 1990s, and German reunification meant lots of money
for energy development projects in the former East.
For the BLM, the new Solar Energy Program will affect how all utility - scale
solar energy development projects on public lands are administered and involves the amendment of multiple land use plans.
Approved in 2013, the Yap
Renewable Energy Development Project, funded by ADB loans of US$ 9 million, supported the construction of a wind farm capable of withstanding typhoons near Colonia, Yap's only urban center.
Legislating a new urban resource extraction policy, which requires mandatory consultation with urban municipalities before
approving energy development projects within their boundaries, ensures licences are compatible with municipal development plans, and grants municipal governments veto power over the final licencing decision.
According to a survey done in California's 2009 Water Plan Update, states from Virginia to Nevada and Texas to North Dakota have all
curtailed energy development projects because of water quality or quantity concerns.
And those are the «shovel ready» projects like highway repair and building weatherizing — both important, of course, but it's unlikely that states will have as many «shovel - ready»
alternative energy development projects on hand.
Prior to joining Deepwater Wind, Stephanie worked as an environmental consultant, preparing and reviewing impact assessment documents, and collaborating with federal and state agencies and other key stakeholders, on behalf of clients associated with various coastal development projects, including
offshore energy development projects.
In order
for energy development projects to bring energy in a way and form that people can use, it must be assured that those without energy access are those who are meant to benefit from the project.
Power Africa and its affiliates are addressing such challenges by facilitating risk insurance and other forms of financial security to investors who act on their own or in partnership with African firms on
energy development projects.
For
energy development projects, emphasis should be placed at an early stage on extending the grid or creating new mini - or off - grid energy to increase access to affordable, reliable, sustainable energy for those people without energy access, especially in rural areas.