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garybeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 01:30 PM
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New CA deal will power 845,000 homes with solar power
An Oakland energy firm announced 20-year contracts that would supply Southern California Edison with enough solar power to light up 845,000 homes if the plan receives regulatory approval.

The agreement between Rosemead-based SoCal Edison and BrightSource Energy Inc. is believed to be the biggest-ever deal for solar thermal power, which uses heat from the sun to create steam to spin turbines. The project calls for seven plants, totaling 1,300 megawatts, to be built in southeastern California over the next seven years.

http://solarbus.org/blog/?p=49
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/12/state/n111005S62.DTL&type=science
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ComtesseDeSpair Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 01:50 PM
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1. Excellent.
It's about time!
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