California moves to set up auction market for green energy
The sun is shining on California solar. Photo courtesy Ryan Jesena via Flickr
It’s been a big week for Big Solar.
On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission approved a license for the nation’s first new large-scale solar thermal power plant in two decades. Over the next month, the energy commission is expected to green-light three more big solar farms to be built in the Mojave Desert. The projects would collectively generate nearly 2,000 megawatts of electricity. At peak output, that’s the equivalent of a couple of large nuclear power plants.
Less noticed but equally momentous were developments this week on the small-scale solar front…
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