At the end of December, the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) placed Solar Millen-nium Group's proposed solar power plant located in the Amargosa desert, Nevada, on its so-called Fast-Track list. Previously, only the three Californian sites of Solar Millennium's planned solar power plants had reached this status. If the approval is successful, the Solar Millennium Group could realize up to nine solar thermal power plants at these locations with a potential maximum capacity of about 2,500 Megawatt (MW) in total.