Silver Star Solar 1 Gains FAST-41 Permitting Assistance
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Permitting Council Press Office (media@permitting.gov)
WASHINGTON (March 18, 2024) – The Permitting Council is pleased to announce that Silver Star Solar 1, in Nevada, is now a FAST-41 project. If permitted, this $1 billion solar power and battery storage system project could bring clean, renewable energy to residents in the western United States.
“Advancing solar and clean energy projects, through permitting review, is a critical part of the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious goal to transform the clean energy economy,” says Eric Beightel, Permitting Council Executive Director. “The Permitting Council is ready to invest our tools to elevate the accountability, transparency and efficiency of this project’s permitting review timeline. I am confident that our work together will continue making a positive impact for our clean energy future.”
The Silver Star Solar 1 project is a 650 megawatt (MW) alternating current solar photovoltaic power generating facility with a 650 MW battery energy storage system. If permitted, it would be located on Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in the unincorporated Town of Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nevada. Multiple solar projects have received Fast-41 permitting assistance since the Permitting Council’s inception in 2015, including three solar projects that have previously completed permitting review. The Silver Star Solar 1 project joins fellow in-progress Bonanza Solar on the Permitting Council’s Federal Permitting Dashboard.
The Bureau of Land Management is leading permitting review for the Silver Star Solar project. Learn more at Permitting.gov.
About the Permitting Council and FAST-41
Established in 2015 by Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41), the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) is a federal agency charged with improving the transparency and predictability of the federal environmental review and authorization process for certain critical infrastructure projects. The Permitting Council is composed of the Permitting Council Executive Director, who serves as the Council Chair; 13 federal agency Council members; and the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Office of the Executive Director coordinates federal environmental reviews and authorizations for projects that seek and qualify for FAST-41 coverage, which are in turn entitled to comprehensive permitting timetables and transparent, collaborative management of those timetables on the Federal Permitting Dashboard.
Learn more about the Permitting Council at permitting.gov.
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Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2024