Blythe Solar Power Project
The Blythe Solar Power Project is a solar power station under construction in Riverside County, California. The project is being developed by Solarhybrid/Solar Millennium's subsidiary Solar Trust of America, in a joint venture with Chevron Energy Solutions.[1][2][3]
In August 2011, Solar Trust of America announced that the first half of the project would use PV instead of solar thermal power.[4][5]
Solar thermal version
Originally, Blythe Solar was to be a $6 billion parabolic trough solar thermal plant, comprising four 242 MW units, located on 7,025 acres (28.43 km2) of Bureau of Land Management land, about 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Blythe.[6][7]
The California Energy Commission unanimously approved the project on September 15, 2010 with the first phase of the project expected to start generating electricity by 2013.[8][9][10] The Bureau of Land Management cleared the project to go ahead on October 25, 2010.[11] In April 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) offered a $2.1 billion conditional loan guarantee to Solar Trust, to reduce the interest on the $2.8 billion cost of building the first half of the project.[12]
See also
References
- ^ Kane, Will (2010-10-26). "Turtles last hurdle for huge Blythe Solar project". San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-10-26/business/24221843_1_solar-power-plant-desert-tortoises-electricity-from-renewable-sources. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ "Groundbreaking for Blythe Solar Power Project". San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. June 18, 2011. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/17/MNGS1JVJEU.DTL. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ Top 6 Utility-scale Fast-tracked Solar Projects Renewable Energy World, September 1, 2010.
- ^ Kanellos, Michael (August 18, 2011). "Dark Day for Solar Thermal: Solar Trust Switches 500MW Power Plant to PV". Greentech Media. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/dark-day-for-solar-thermal-solar-trust-switches-500-mw-power-plant-to-pv/. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Woody, Todd (August 18, 2011). "Solar Developer Says No Thanks to $2.1 Billion Federal Loan Guarantee". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2011/08/18/solar-developer-says-no-thanks-to-2-1-billion-federal-loan-guarantee/. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Streater, Scott (August 26, 2010). "1,000-Megawatt Plant in Calif. Marks New Milestone in Solar Expansion". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/08/26/26greenwire-1000-megawatt-plant-in-calif-marks-new-milesto-25893.html.
- ^ Bureau of Land Management. Map of Solar Energy Applications: Palm Springs – South Coast Field Office, Bureau of Land Management
- ^ McBride, Sarah (2010-09-15). "World's largest solar plant wins key approval". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1410741020100915. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ Hsu, Tiffany (2010-09-15). "1,000-megawatt Blythe solar power cleared by state regulators". The Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/09/1000-megawatt-blythe-solar-power-cleared-by-state-regulators.html. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ Louey, Sandy (2010-09-15). "Energy Commission Licenses 1,000 MW Solar Power Plant". California Energy Commission. http://www.energy.ca.gov/releases/2010_releases/2010-09-15_blythe_solar_nr.html. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ Hsu, Tiffany (October 25, 2010). "Blythe solar project gets BLM approval in Riverside County". The Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/blythe-solar-project-gets-blm-approval.html. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ Baker, David R. (April 19, 2011). "Solar Trust of Oakland wins federal loan support". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/18/BA1U1J3184.DTL. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
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