特朗普地热租赁出售与内华达州计划中的太阳能农场发生冲突作者：Nichola Groom 10月19日 - 据联邦文件显示，美国内政部本周在内华达州出售的地热租赁将包括数千英亩的土地，这些土地与NextEra Energy及其他开发商计划中的主要太阳能项目重叠。
Trump geothermal lease sale collides with planned Nevada solar farms By Nichola Groom Oct 19 - The US Interior Department's sale of geothermal leases in Nevada this week will include thousands of acres overlapping major planned solar projects from NextEra Energy and other developers, according to federal documents.
周二，内政部土地管理局（BLM）计划向地热开发商拍卖83个地块，总面积达265,691英亩。作为全球最大的太阳能和风能发电所有者，NextEra今年早些时候曾要求该机构“移除、推迟或重新配置”三个拟议中的地热地块。
On Tuesday, the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to auction 83 parcels totaling 265,691 acres to geothermal developers. NextEra, the world's largest owner of solar and wind generation, asked the agency earlier this year to "remove, defer or reconfigure" three proposed geothermal parcels.
特朗普总统的政府一直在推广地热能作为持续供电的能源来源，而在加速联邦许可的广泛努力中，基本上排除了风能和太阳能。
President Donald Trump's administration has promoted geothermal energy as a source of always-on electricity while largely excluding wind and solar from a broad effort to accelerate federal permitting.
在出售审查期间向该机构提交的意见中，NextEra表示，有争议的地块与其在内华达州奈县规划的1,000兆瓦Sawtooth能源中心大约重叠6,000英亩，即约占其规划面积的60%。
In comments submitted to the agency during review of the sale, NextEra said the parcels in question overlap roughly 6,000 acres, or about 60%, of its planned 1,000-megawatt Sawtooth Energy Center in Nye County, Nevada.
BLM在8月份驳回了NextEra的请求，称联邦土地是为多种用途而管理的。
BLM declined NextEra's request in August, saying federal lands are managed for multiple uses.
BLM网站在8月份发布的地图显示，六个拟议中的地热地块与内华达沙漠中的四个主要计划中的太阳能开发项目存在重叠。其中一个地块完全与NextEra的Sawtooth项目重叠，但在拍卖网站上未出现，似乎最近已从出售中移除。
Maps published on the BLM website in August show overlaps involving six proposed geothermal parcels and four major planned solar developments in the Nevada desert. One parcel, which overlaps entirely with NextEra's Sawtooth project, did not appear on the auction website and appeared to have been recently removed from the sale.
总部位于佛罗里达州朱诺海滩的NextEra在其意见中表示，这种重叠可能“造成可预见的冲突”，影响其待批准的申请。
NextEra, based in Juno Beach, Florida, said in its comments that the overlap could "create a foreseeable conflict" with its pending application.
“NextEra必须与任何潜在承租人合作，并相应调整其运营，以避免土地使用冲突，”该机构表示。BLM补充称，如果NextEra的项目先获批准，它将享有“优先权”，而地热开发则必须避免对其项目造成影响。
"NextEra must collaborate with any potential lessee and adjust its operations accordingly to avoid land use conflicts," the agency said. BLM added that if NextEra's project is approved first, it would have the "senior right" and a geothermal development would have to avoid impacts on its project.
另一家太阳能开发商达拉斯的Leeward Renewable Energy表示，一个地热地块与其在埃斯梅拉尔达县拟建的Lone Mountain太阳能项目重叠约735英亩。
Another solar developer, Dallas-based Leeward Renewable Energy, said a geothermal parcel overlaps about 735 acres of its proposed Lone Mountain solar project in Esmeralda County.
它敦促该机构承认这种重叠“以及未来任何地热租赁人开发权的非排他性质”。该机构在其出售文件中增加了重叠项目的描述和地图。这些文件包括Invenergy正在开发的拟建300兆瓦Nivloc太阳能项目以及Arevia Power的1,500兆瓦Gold Dust太阳能项目。
It urged the agency to recognize the overlap "and the non-exclusive nature of any future geothermal lessee's development rights." The agency added a description and maps of the overlapping projects to its sale documents. They include the proposed 300-MW Nivloc solar project being developed by Invenergy and Arevia Power's 1,500-MW Gold Dust solar project.
除了Lone Mountain之外，这些项目还属于Esmeralda 7开发项目，这是一个拟建的七座太阳能农场综合体，占地62,000英亩。美国土地管理局在2025年取消了该综合体的环境审查，但表示这些项目可以单独重新申请联邦批准。
Along with Lone Mountain, those projects were part of the Esmeralda 7 development, a proposed complex of seven solar farms on 62,000 acres. BLM canceled the environmental review for the complex in 2025 but said the projects may reapply for federal approval individually.
NextEra、Leeward和美国土地管理局未能立即回应置评请求。
NextEra, Leeward and BLM did not immediately respond to requests for comment.