http://www.solarbuzz.com/news/NewsNAPR1734.htm
"Pacific Gas and Electric Company has contracted with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources and Abengoa Solar for delivery of a total of 500 megawatts (MW) of clean solar power. The agreements are among several solar deals recently signed by the utility with independent developers for a total of 830 MW." "NextEra's proposed Genesis Solar Energy Project consists of two 125 MW units to be located on a site managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Riverside County, Calif. The project is scheduled to come online in two phases, the first 125 MW in 2013 and the second 125 MW in 2014. It is expected to deliver about 560 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy per year, as much as the annual consumption of more than 80,000 average homes."
"Abengoa Solar's proposed 250 MW Mojave Solar project is to be located at Harper Lake in San Bernardino County. The project will deliver more than 600 gigawatt-hours of energy per year, enough to serve the needs of about 90,000 average homes. The project is scheduled to become fully operational by late 2013."
I have to wonder if this includes the usual time for environmental impact statements, whether the Obama adminIstration could speed this up if desired, or already has.
Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
