[PCA] NEWS: BrightSource Energy gets OK for 370-megawatt solar plant in Mojave Desert

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Sep 23 08:33:50 CDT 2010


http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16146519?nclick_check=1

BrightSource Energy gets OK for 370-megawatt solar plant in Mojave Desert
By Dana Hull
dhull at mercurynews.com
Posted: 09/22/2010 04:10:01 PM PDT
Updated: 09/23/2010 06:00:16 AM PDT

Over the objections of several environmental groups concerned about the 
impact on native plants and the desert tortoise, the California Energy 
Commission on Wednesday gave Oakland-based BrightSource Energy approval to 
build a 370-megawatt solar thermal power plant in California's portion of 
the Mojave Desert.

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