Bonanza Solar Project Receives FAST-41 Coverage

The Permitting Council has determined that the Bonanza Solar Project is a FAST-41 covered project, effective August 13. The Bonanza project is a solar energy generating facility proposed to deliver up to 600MW of clean, renewable energy a year — enough to power approximately 90,000 homes. Renewable energy production is a key solution outlined in President Biden’s executive order to combat the climate crisis with a government-wide approach that delivers equity, well-paying union jobs, and economic growth through innovation, commercialization, and clean energy technologies, and infrastructure deployment. The administration has set a policy to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050; increase renewable energy production on public lands and in offshore waters, and facilitate a carbon pollution-free electricity sector no later than 2035. 

As a FAST-41 covered project, the Bonanza project will benefit from state-of-the-art Federal project review and permitting process reforms for large-scale infrastructure projects, transparent permitting timetable development and execution, and enhanced interagency coordination.