by Stacy Feldman -
Oct 23rd, 2008 
As speculated about in June, the US Department of Interior has indeed announced plans to free up 197 million acres of federal land in 11 western states plus Alaska for geothermal energy development. The initiative, says the agency
could increase electric generation capacity from geothermal resources ten times over.
Some 118 million acres would be managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The remaining 79 million acres would be under the National Forest System.
All of it will be available for geothermal leasing for the first time ever -- just as soon as the 12 US governors sign off on the plan and the BLM issues its "Record of Decision."
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