U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar said that the Wyoming's 3,000 MW Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Farm has cleared its final environmental impact statement.
The project would be the largest wind farm in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world, the DOI says.
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The proposed wind farm is located on public, private and state land in Carbon County, WY. The wind farm would contain up to 1,000 turbines and generate enough power for up to 1 million U.S. homes, the DOI adds.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reviewing the proposed wind project, as well as a proposed amendment to the Rawlins Resource Management Plan to accommodate the facility.
The wind farm is under consideration as part of the DOI's initiative to advance smart development of renewable energy on public lands.
Since 2009, the DOI says it has approved 31 utility-scale wind, solar and geothermal projects that, if built by the companies, will provide approximately 7.2 GW of power to communities across the West. In the same announcement, Salazar also laid out steps to further offshore wind off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
