[CPEO-BIF] "Abandoned California Oil And Gas Field Will Soon Be A Solar Farm"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Abandoned California Oil And Gas Field Will Soon Be A Solar Farm

by Katie Valentine
Climate Progress
September 11, 2014

An abandoned oil and gas field in California will soon be home to a  
large solar plant, thanks to a partnership between Google and SunEdison.

The Regulus solar power plant will be the largest solar project  
completed by SunEdison in North America. Construction started on the  
plant in December and is scheduled to be completed and begin  
operation later this year. Google contributed $145 million to the  
project, which when completed will span 737 acres and produce 82  
megawatts of energy - enough to power 10,000 homes.

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For the entire article, see
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/11/3566292/brownfield-to- 
solar-in-california/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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