Desert tortoises are roaming a 15 MW community solar farm owned by the Valley Electric Association in Nevada thanks to fence openings made by Bombard Renewable Energy. The plants which desert ...

“We continue to be amazed that the BLM pushed so hard for this project at the expense of the declining desert tortoise. Solar energy does not need to be built on the most sensitive habitat ...

The iconic desert tortoise is just one of the many species that survives ... and allow for the development of a significant amount of centralized renewable energy (from solar, wind and geothermal ...

“They’ve moved away from this idea that the tortoises and the solar panels can live happily together ... mass solar development in the Mojave Desert. Solar a controversial issue in Nye County ...

In March 2015 — shortly after the close of the public comment period on the draft Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP ... utility-scale wind and solar projects, as well as set aside lands ...

It would be the closest renewable energy project to a national park ... The Soda Mountain Solar Project threatens bighorn sheep migration corridors, desert tortoise habitat, natural areas, scenic ...

A 1.3 GW solar-storage power station in northwestern China has been connected to the grid. The plant, using Trinasolar’s Vertex N modules with high power output and reliability, is expected to ...

More than 334,000 solar panels glisten in the sun at NV Energy ... Many projects, including Dry Lake, encroach on desert tortoise habitat. Some remain worried about large-scale solar construction ...