CEC Approves Huge 250-Megawatt Abengoa Mojave Solar Installation
Thursday, September 9th 2010 7:03 PM
By GetSolar Staff.
Good news for advocates of solar thermal power installations: The California Energy Commission has approved the Abengoa Mojave Solar Project, a 250-megawatt solar thermal plant that is being constructed by a subsidiary of the Spanish solar giant Abengoa.
As a solar thermal facility, the Abengoa Mojave Solar plant uses parabolic mirrors to reflect the sun's rays, rather than conventional photovoltaic panels. The heat is focused on a transfer fluid, creating steam which spins a turbine generator.
The project is one of nine major high-priority solar thermal installations that the CEC must decide on. In total, California will get over 4.3 gigawatts of new solar capacity if all the projects are approved.
Last month, the commission approved the Beacon Solar Energy Project, also located near the Mojave Desert near Edwards Air Force Base. Beacon was actually the first new California solar thermal installation to win approval in more than two decades.
'The Energy Commission, working in collaboration with other state and federal partners, scored another big win for the economy, the environment and for California's clean energy future with today's approval of the Abengoa solar project,' said Energy Commissioner Anthony Eggert in a press release. 'The facility's 250 megawatts of clean, renewable energy brings us closer to meeting California's renewable energy and climate goals while providing hundreds of green jobs.'
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Good news for advocates of solar thermal power installations: The California Energy Commission has 
