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The Esmeralda 7 project is now officially listed as cancelled on the US BLM website. Image: Mike Stoll/Unsplash. The Trump administration has cancelled the 6.2GW Esmeralda 7 solar project in Nevada—once touted as one of the largest in the world—the US Bureau of Land. The Trump administration’s cancellation of what would have been one of the world’s largest solar power projects has some industry observers fretting over the future of renewable energy on public lands. They predicted the Esmeralda 7 project — by far the largest solar project that had moved through. A spokesperson said the agency canceled a broad environmental review grouping together seven individual projects that make up the 6.2-GW Esmeralda 7 project, but could review each individually. Add us as a Google Preferred Source to see more of our articles in your search results. The 100-MW MGM. The Trump administration has canceled the Esmeralda 7 solar project in Nevada — a sweeping, multi-developer clean energy plan that would have been the largest solar installation in North America. The Esmeralda 7 project, composed of seven connected solar farms proposed by NextEra Energy Resources. Late last week (May 28, 2025), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it had terminated $3.7 billion in grants awarded to clean energy projects under the Biden administration through the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). In the DOE’s press release, the Administrator claimed. The Esmeralda 7 project is now officially listed as cancelled on the US BLM website. Image: Mike Stoll/Unsplash. The Trump administration has cancelled the 6.2GW Esmeralda 7 solar project in Nevada—once touted as one of the largest in the world—the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has confirmed. In a dramatic turn of events, over $14 billion in U.S. green energy projects have been unexpectedly canceled or postponed this year due to looming political uncertainties, particularly in Republican-led states, threatening thousands of jobs and the nation's renewable energy goals. Illustration of.