04 Sep '12, 5pm

Solar Energy in the Central Valley and the Chicken and Egg Challenge: Over the past several years thousands of

Solar Energy in the Central Valley and the Chicken and Egg Challenge: Over the past several years thousands of

NRDC has consistently encouraged California regulators, utilities and investors to consider the benefits of solar development on impaired farmlands in the Westlands CREZ. This is a promising area for developers and renewable energy development because there are thousands of acres of contaminated farmland facing retirement from irrigated agriculture with few environmental conflicts, and floundering local economies that could benefit from the much needed jobs some of these projects would bring to the area. And every utility in the state could purchase power from this region, as could public and private utilities elsewhere in the West. In addition to the above benefits, the solar resource in this area — while not quite as good as the high desert — is excellent for photovoltaic solar power projects. The transmission needed to unlock the area’s potential also helps remove obsta...

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