BLM Cancels Mammoth Nevada Solar Project Under Trump’s Energy Agenda
Massive land requirements and a rollback of renewable energy projects highlight the project’s cancellation.
by Maydeen Merino October 10, 2025, 12:50 PM
The Bureau of Land Management has pulled the plug on a massive Nevada solar power project, furthering the Trump administration’s crackdown on renewable energy projects. [emphasis, links added]
BLM on Thursday updated its planning website for the Esmeralda 7 project, stating that the agency’s environmental review has been “canceled.” The agency did not provide a reason for the cancellation.
The Esmeralda 7 Solar Project was meant to build seven solar power plants with battery energy storage on approximately 118,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands near Tonopah, Nevada.
It would have produced nearly 6.2 gigawatts, enough to power millions of homes.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/trump-blm-cancels-nevada-solar-project/
