Mojave desert to host world's largest solar energy array

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Mojave desert to host world's largest solar energy array

11 April 2008 - 4:48pm — Jay Daverth

Great week for clean, sustainable energy. Following the successful installation of the world's largest tidal turbine system in Northern Ireland, the Mojave Desert is now poised to host the planet's largest solar array:

With California utilities expanding rapidly into renewables, the Mojave Desert is one of the hottest spots for solar energy. Last year, plans for the world’s largest solar array got underway in this ideal energy harvesting setting and the latest news is just as groundbreaking. Pacific Gas and Electric recently signed the world’s largest solar deal to date, teaming up with BrightSource Energy to produce three new solar-thermal electric plants for a whopping 500 megawatts of clean green power. The $2 to $3 billion dollar deal provides options for additional plants (up to 900 megawatts total), which would be enough to power 375,000 Californian homes!