Colorado must triple its wind generation and quintuple its solar capacity to meet 2040 clean energy targets and that will call for a lot of land — land developers say it is hard to come by in some counties.

Counties make the land use rules and in some, “procedural hurdles, community opposition, land-use concerns and regulatory gaps can impact projects,” according to a survey done by the Colorado Energy Office .

And those local land use decisions can be at odds with the state’s clean energy goals, according to the energy office report.

“There are places where there are local policies that stall or prevent clean energy projects, which we think hurts economic development and rate payers as well as have an impact on overall state energy planning goals,” energy office executive director

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