QAZAQ GREEN. The US Department of the Interior has now permitted more than 25 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy projects – surpassing its original 25 GW by 2025 goal, Electrek reports.

25 GW of clean energy permits by 2024

Once the federally permitted 25 GW comes online, it will be enough clean energy to power more than 12 million homes across the US. 

WE DID IT! @BLMNational has now permitted more than 25 gigawatts of clean energy projects – surpassing a major milestone ahead of 2025 – enough clean energy to power more than 12 million homes across the country. https://t.co/L1ScpVr1z8

— Secretary Deb Haaland (@SecDebHaaland) April 11, 2024

The clean energy projects include solar, wind, and geothermal, as well as generation interconnect (gen-tie) lines on public lands to connect the projects on federal and non-federal land to the grid.

The Department of the Interior has now permitted nearly 29 GW of clean energy – enough to power more than 12 million homes across the US. Additionally, it’s also leased eight new areas in Solar Energy Zones with the capacity to generate nearly 2.5 GW of additional clean energy. 

As for what’s in the pipeline, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently processing permits for an additional 66 utility-scale clean energy projects proposed on public lands in the US West. Those projects could add more than 32 GW of renewable energy to the grid.

Around 200 applications for solar and wind, and more than 100 applications for solar and wind energy site area testing, are at the BLM’s preliminary review stage. All projects are tracked on this public online dashboard.

The BLM also announced today that two solar farms – the Arica and Victory Pass projects in California – are now online, adding 465 megawatts (MW) of clean electricity to the grid. That means more than 10 GW of clean energy is now generated on public lands, powering more than 5 million homes across the West.