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Brown and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar are expanding a state and federal partnership to expedite large-scale renewable projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The partnership between the Department of the Interior and the state of California expedites the approval process for large-scale solar, wind, and geothermal projects.” credit=”Craig Miller\/Climate Watch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The partnership originates from an agreement then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed in 2009. Now Brown and Salazar are extending it, and broadening the scope of the agreement, to include not only energy, but also transmission projects. They signed a memorandum of understanding (pdf)<\/a> at a solar project being built in Elk Grove this morning.<\/p>\n

According to a press release from the state, the projects now being fast-tracked, which are the Bureau of Land Management’s seven priority projects<\/a>, plus other projects on private land, will generate enough renewable energy to meet the state’s 33% by 2020<\/a> goal.<\/p>\n

The MOU signed today doesn’t guarantee they’ll all be built, rather, it’s a move towards expediting the lengthy permitting process these large-scale projects require.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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