Interior Auction Nets $4.8M for Nevada Geothermal Leases — SkimNews
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- Interior Department auctioned roughly 187,000 acres of federal geothermal leases in Nevada, generating $4.8 million at a lower per-acre rate than a similar Nevada sale in 2025
- NextEra has proposed a solar farm on a site that overlaps with two of the parcels sold in the auction
Why it matters: The auction generated less per acre than a similar 2025 Nevada sale, and two sold parcels overlap with NextEra's proposed solar farm — setting up a land-use conflict between geothermal lessees and a planned solar project on the same federal land.
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