The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the Lava Ridge Wind Project, located northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho, USA. The project footprint has been reduced from the initial proposal by half, decreasing the number of turbines from 400 to 241, with 231 turbines on BLM-managed lands and 10 on lands managed by the State of Idaho. The turbines are subject to a maximum height limit of 660 feet.
The BLM's decision authorises 231 wind turbines and related infrastructure, which are expected to disturb 992 acres within a 38,535-acre area of BLM-managed public lands in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka counties. The project will be developed by Magic Valley Energy, LLC (a subsidiary of LS Power) and its estimated generation capacity is 1,000MW or more.
