Massive solar plant to open in Mojave Desert.
Treehugger cited a story in SFGate.com reporting that deals were agreed upon this week between Pacific Gas and Electric and a company called BrightSource Energy, for the construction of a series of massive solar energy plants in the middle of the Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles.
The impetus for this deal is a California law requiring all major energy utilities to have renewable energy (other than water power) account for at least 20% of their overall energy production by the year 2010.
While it is unclear how much the energy generated by these plants is projected to cost, it is good to see that costs have come down significantly from past decades—indicating the possibility that solar energy might someday be able to stand on its own without governmental mandates.
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