Developer Proposes 30,000 Solar Dishes in California Desert. By Scott Streater, Greenwire, February 19, 2010. "Federal efforts to permit nearly a dozen large-scale solar-power projects in California by year's end moved a significant step forward last week as the Bureau of Land Management rolled out a detailed environmental review for one of the largest plants proposed to date -- a 750-megawatt concentrated solar facility in the Colorado Desert. When completed, Stirling Energy System Inc.'s $2.2 billion Solar Two project is expected to include 30,000 solar dish systems across more than 6,100 acres of federal land -- making it the largest project to move this far through the federal permitting process. At full capacity, Solar Two could generate enough electricity to power more than a quarter-million homes, according to a draft environmental impact statement [PDF, 310 pp] released last week by BLM and the California Energy Commission. The proposed plant, in the Imperial Valley about 14 miles east of El Centro, is one of nine commercial-scale solar projects in California that the Interior Department has placed on a fast-track permitting schedule for 2010. Plants that break ground by the end of the year can qualify for lucrative stimulus grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."
2010-03-05
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