California solar power projects

Clearway begins construction on latest solar

Clearway Energy Group has started construction on its Rosamond South I solar and storage project in Kern County, California. The 140-MW solar and 118-MW storage Rosamond South 1, which is referred to as Golden Fields Solar IV LLC by its offtakers, is under long-term contracts with several California load-serving entities, including 15-year agreements

Interior Department Advances Three Solar Projects in California

Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced today it has approved two solar projects with a third nearing final completion on public lands in Riverside County, Calif., underscoring the Department''s commitment to promoting onshore renewable energy production.The three projects will

Blythe Solar Power Project | California Energy Commission

The Blythe Solar Power Project is a 4-unit 485-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility located in Blythe, Riverside County. The project was certified by the CEC on September 15, 2010. Operation began: Unit 1 on 4/28/16, Unit 2 10/28/16, Unit 3 on 3/28/20, Unit

10 large solar projects in development for 2024

Nolin Hills Power Project – Solar Project: Nolin Hills Wind, LLC: 600: $420: Oregon: 2024: Rocky Run Solar: Dominion Energy, Inc: 300: $340: Virginia: 2024: California. The project is a solar facility with a 500 MW capacity and a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) capable of storing approximately 2,000 MWh of energy. It will also

What''s happened since California cut home solar payments?

More than 255,000 applications for new residential solar projects were reported in PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric areas last year. "California leads the nation in supporting the solar industry, and has provided billions in rebates and incentives since 2006," the commission said in its statement.

California replacing nuclear with solar plus storage

Clearway Energy has secured financing for a 200 MW solar-plus-storage project and a 113.5 MW energy storage facility in California. The company will utilize $700 million in construction financing to deploy these projects, which have long-term agreements with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), South California Edison (SCE), and the Power & Water Resources

Solar power in California

OverviewGovernment supportHistoryPhotovoltaicsSolar thermal powerGenerationState challenges with solar powerPublic opinion

Since 1980, the state government excluded solar installations as taxable improvements on a property. This has resulted in many counties seeing no tax benefit from solar farm installations, with some like Kern County stating that they had lost $110 million in property taxes over a decade due to this policy. State legislators felt that the policy was necessary because otherwise the property taxes on sol

CA hits clean-energy milestones but has long way to go

Nuclear power is considered renewable and carbon-free but it creates radioactive waste. State officials and private investors aim to create an entirely new industry — giant floating ocean wind platforms — to produce 13% of California''s power, enough to power 25 million homes, by 2045. The massive projects will cost billions of dollars.

Solar Star Projects, Antelope Valley, California, USA

The Solar Star projects, formerly known as the Antelope Valley solar projects, are two co-located photovoltaic (PV) solar installations near Rosamond, California, US. Owned and operated by BHE Solar, a subsidiary of BHE Renewables, the 579MW Solar Star power station is currently the biggest operating solar power facility in the US.

More Power, More Water: Solar-Over-Canal Projects Are Coming to California

Governor Gavin Newsom invested $20 million in a solar over canals pilot project in Turlock, and today the Governor joined the Biden Administration to celebrate new federal funding for another solar over canals pilot project outside of Los Banos. Solar over canals projects involve installing solar panels over water canals to help reduce

U.S.-sourced 500 MW solar / 1 GWh storage project in California

Intersect Power announced it has achieved commercial operations for its Oberon solar project in Riverside County, California. The facility includes 500 MWac of solar and 250 MW / 1 GWh of co-located battery energy storage.

California solar + storage project secures $1.1 billion in financing

Renewable energy project developer Arevon Energy has secured $1.1 billion in aggregate financing commitments for its Eland 2 Solar + Storage Project in Kern County, California. The 374-MW DC solar project coupled with 150 MW/600 MWh of energy storage is under early-stage construction and is anticipated to come online in Q1 2025.

Does California produce electricity from renewable sources?

In 2018, California ranked first in the nation as a producer of electricity from solar, geothermal, and biomass resources and fourth in the nation in conventional hydroelectric power generation. As of 2017, over half of the electricity (52.7%) produced was from renewable sources.

California Solar Initiative

CPUC – California Solar Initiative – Annual Program Assessment June 2021 9 Figure ii: Number of Installed Customer-Sited Solar Projects in CA''s IOU Territories, 1993-2020 (thousands) Source: California DG Statistics Interconnected Project Sites Data Set (californiadgstats.ca.gov), updated February 28, 2021. Year

Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into

UPDATE: The Transporter-6 mission successfully launched at 6:55 a.m. PT on January 3. In January 2023, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) is poised to launch into orbit a prototype, dubbed the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD), which will test several key components of an ambitious plan to harvest solar power in space and beam the

Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a concentrated solar thermal plant in the Mojave Desert is located at the base of Clark Mountain in California, across the state line from Primm, Nevada.The plant has a gross capacity of 392 megawatts (MW). [8] It uses 173,500 heliostats, each with two mirrors focusing solar energy on boilers located on three 459 feet (140 m) tall [9]

California trims incentives for community solar projects

California''s utilities regulator today adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will actually undercut efforts to expand solar power options for low-income customers. The state''s biggest utility

What percentage of California''s retail electricity sales come from renewables?

The most recent data show that in 2022, over 39 percent of California''s retail electricity sales was served by RPS-certified renewables. Together with large hydroelectric and nuclear power, 61 percent of California''s retail electricity sales come from zero-carbon, clean generation.