AZ Renewable Energy Project Expedited - | News for Yuma, Imperial Valley, El Centro, AZ & CA

QUARTZSITE, AZ - The Obama Administration has put two renewable energy projects in Arizona on the fast track.

Interior secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday that the projects in Mohave County and Quartzsite are among seven in the west that will be expedited.Together, the projects are expected to produce nearly 5,000 megawatts of energy, or enough to power 1.5 million homes.

A proposed solar plant in Quartzsite has a target date of December.The plant would be located on 1,675 acres of U.S. Bureau of Land Management Land 

The proposed Mohave County wind farm will be located on 38,000 acres of BLM  land and nearly 9,000 acres managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.