The documents found on this page are materials that are relevant to the preparation of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. Documents here are posted as Acrobat PDF files in chronological order with the newest at the top of each section. You will need the latest version of Acrobat Reader to open, view, and print these files.
Note: Materials for meetings (agendas, presentations, public comments, etc.) are on the Meetings Page under the date of the meeting.
Biology
Draft Biological Goals and Objectives for Three Drivers. May 20, 2013
Draft Biological Goals and Objectives for Four Drivers. April 10, 2013
Joint Comments on Draft Biological Goals and Objectives, May 13, 2013. Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Biological Diversity, California Native Plant Society, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Wilderness Society, Audubon California
Streamlining and Development Focus Areas, March 28, 2013
California Wind Energy Association comments on March 28, 2013, DRECP Streamlining and Development Focus Areas Letter, April 18, 2013
Draft Proposed Covered Species List, March 25, 2013
Draft Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance Module 1 – Land-based Wind Energy Technical Appendices
WebEx Recording of the Webinar on Improving Methods for Estimating Fatality of Birds and Bats at Wind Energy Facilities, September 26, 2012
Bureau of Land Management Land Use
Bureau of Land Management Memorandum No. CA-2013-006 on Livestock Grazing
Department of Defense
Solar Energy Development on DoD Installations in the Mojave & Colorado Deserts (Report)
Solar Energy Development on DoD Installations in the Mojave & Colorado Deserts (Executive Summary)
Transmission
Transmission Impacts In the DRECP
Renewable Energy
Studies by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Changes in the Economic Value of Variable Generation at High Penetration Levels: A Pilot Case Study of California
Implications of Wide-Area Geographic Diversity for Short- Term Variability of Solar Power
Webinar on the Changes in the Economic Value of Variable Generation with Increasing Penetration Levels: A Pilot Study of California, March 21, 2012
Studies by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Volume 1 – Exploration of High-Penetration Renewable Electricity Futures
Volume 2 – Renewable Electricity Generation and Storage Technologies
Volume 3 – End-use Electricity Demand
Volume 4 – Bulk Electric Power Systems: Operations and Transmission Planning
Renewable Energy Acreage Calculator by the California Energy Commission
Renewable Energy Acreage Calculator 7-12-2012
Renewable Energy Acreage Calculator Documentation
Conservation Planning
Relevant Links
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – renewable energy
Bureau of Land Management – renewable energy
California Department of Fish and Game – renewable energy
California Energy Commission – Large Solar Thermal Energy Projects

