New Solar Plants In California

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New solar plants in california.

California s electric utility companies are required to use renewable energy to produce 33 percent of their power by 2020. On may 27 around 1 p m solar plant operators shut off a record total of about 4 700 megawatts of capacity at the same time nearly 40 of the entire solar capacity installed on the california. Another giant solar farm has been constructed on desert lands in california stealing the title of the largest solar plant in the world. What spans 1 600 hectares cost 2 2 billion to build and fries up to 28 000 birds per year.

Solar thermal projects above 50 mw require approvals from both the blm and the energy commission prior to construction. The new brightsource solar power plant in california s mojave dessert. Solar power in california includes utility scale solar power plants as well as local distributed generation mostly from rooftop photovoltaics it has been growing rapidly because of high insolation community support declining solar costs and a renewable portfolio standard which requires that 33 of california s electricity come from renewable resources by 2020 and 60 by 2030. It deploys 173 500 heliostats each with two mirrors focusing solar energy on boilers located on three 459 ft 139 9 m tall solar power.

The new plants will be the first geothermal facilities built in california in nearly a decade potentially marking a long awaited turning point for a technology that could play a critical role.