1,000-megawatt Blythe, CA solar power cleared by state regulators

[free1]

That's almost 1.21 Gigawatts! Now if you could only move those panels at 88 MPH we could go back in time and let people know what a socialist 'bama is!

"expected to be the largest solar facility of its kind in the world. The so-called parabolic trough technology will rely on curved mirrors to heat liquid, which produces steam that is piped to a turbine to generate electricity."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/09/1000-megawatt-blythe-solar-power-cleared-by-state-regulators.html

(by the Arizona border in Riverside County, CA)

I'm amazed that it took this long to get the thing this far, just for approval to do it. They can fast track health care but things like this take forever.

[Elwar]

It shouldn't have even needed to be approved.

Let the power company create the electricity and stay out of their way.

Or was it the government that funded it...?

[free1]

It shouldn't have even needed to be approved.

Let the power company create the electricity and stay out of their way.

Or was it the government that funded it...?
I'm not sure, from the info it looks like it was put on public land, maybe half private?

But it sure took them a while to get the approval, when we need power like this ASAP you would think they could sort of fast track it. We know that socialist programs are more important than clean renewable energy.