The Bureau of Land Management （BLM） is seeking public comments on the proposed Libra Solar Project in Mineral and Lyon Counties, officials said on Monday. The 30-day scoping comment period opened April 24 and will close May 23.
The project is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to permit 25 gigawatts of renewable energy on public lands by 2025 and achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035.
The proposed project would generate up to 700 megawatts of electricity on approximately 5,500 acres of BLM-managed public land, primarily in Mineral County. The proposal considers the construction, operation and eventual decommissioning of the project’s photovoltaic solar modules and associated facilities, including a power line connecting the project to the grid, which would extend into Lyon County.
The project would sit approximately 55 miles southeast of the Reno metropolitan area, 11 miles southeast of the town of Yerington, 7 miles west of U.S. Route 95, and 8 miles east of State Route 208.
