Latest policy updates on industrial land use for solar container projects

Department of the Interior’s August 2025 order adds new permitting hurdles for wind and solar on federal lands. Learn how capacity density rules, stricter NEPA reviews, and longer timelines could impact your projects—and how to stay ahead. The Bureau of Land Management has updated its regulations to promote responsible development of solar and wind energy on public lands. The final Renewable Energy Rule reduces acreage rents and capacity fees, improves the BLM’s application process, and delivers greater predictability for how the BLM. From revised federal guidance on the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) to state battles over net metering and renewable standards, these updates will shape the trajectory of. utility-scale solar sector continues its historic growth trajectory, adding 12 GW of new capacity in the first half of 2024 — 59% of all utility-scale power plant additions.