Large Solar Energy Plant Opens In California. By David R. Baker, SFChron, October 24, 2008. "The first of what could be many new, large solar thermal power plants in California opened Thursday north of Bakersfield, on a patch of land surrounded by almond orchards. Designed and built by Palo Alto startup Ausra, the plant's long rows of mirrors will generate as much as 5 megawatts of electricity, enough for 3,750 homes. The mirrors focus sunlight on tubes filled with water, generating steam that then turns a turbine to produce electricity. It is the first large solar thermal plant built in California in 18 years. But Ausra and other companies plan much bigger plants in the future. Ausra created the Bakersfield plant as a trial run for a 177-megawatt plant the company plans to build next year on the Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo County."
2008-10-24
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