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1000 Megawatt Plant in California Marks Mew Milestone in Solar Expansion. By Scott Steater, Greenwire, August 27, 2010. "Federal regulators are nearing final approval of what would be the largest solar power plant in the world, a milestone that sets a new standard for the industry and marks a major advancement in the Obama administration's efforts to expand renewable energy production nationwide. The Bureau of Land Management has issued a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Blythe Solar Power Project in southeast California. When fully operational, the solar thermal power plant would have the capacity to produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power roughly 800,000 homes... The California Energy Commission, which must also render a decision on the Blythe plant, formally recommended this month that the project be approved... Solar Millennium, the project developer, said it will take at least six years to complete all four phases of the $6 billion project, which will be located on 7,025 acres of BLM land in Riverside County, about eight miles west of the city of Blythe."