BLM Selects Smaller, Alternative Plan for Massive Idaho Wind Project

June 12, 2024--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--LS Power (New York, New York) subsidiary Magic Valley Energy (MVE) received mixed news last week when the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued its final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Lava Ridge wind project in Idaho, giving it a green light, but selecting an alternative model to MVE's preferred plans, reducing the project's land area as well as the size and number of turbines.