A Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, a 550-megawatt solar power project, has just been approved to be built in the California desert east of Palm Springs. The process of building this solar farm will create more than 630 jobs during construction and will infuse $336 million into the local California economy. The farm is a solar-photovoltaic facility, meaning they use thin film photovoltaic (PV) technology, which generates electricity with no air emission, water use or waste production. It has the smallest carbon footprint of and PV technology. When finished, it will be able to generate enough energy to power over 165,000 homes. And the facility in Palm Springs is not the only one. Over the last 18 months, 12 other large-scale solar projects have been approved that will make significant strides in spurring innovation, job-creation, investment. This is a very good solution to the very costly energy production in the densely populated California. Most barriers for making more of these solar farms are just convincing investors that they will end up being cost effective. For me, this is a very good thing to hear. It is very important to find other sources of energy as most of our present energy use is deteriorating the Earth.
http://www.enn.com/energy/article/43069
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