[CPEO-MEF] FUDS, ENERGY: Patton's Desert Training Center, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Solar plant recommended for Patton training plot

If approved, project would use innovative technology

K. Kaufmann
Palm Springs Desert Sun (CA)
November 13, 2010


The stretch of Colorado Desert that Gen. George S. Patton used to train 
soldiers for desert combat during World War II may soon become a solar 
plant.

The California Energy Commission on Friday released a recommendation for 
approval of the project - called the Rice Solar Energy Project - which 
would put a 150-megawatt solar thermal plant on Patton's old base, about 
40 miles northwest of Blythe.

The commission could vote on final approval for the project at a meeting 
scheduled for Dec. 15. The project will also need approval from the 
Bureau of Land Management.

SolarReserve LLC of Santa Monica is the project developer. The company's 
innovative solar thermal technology uses thousands of mirrors, called 
heliostats, that reflect sunlight onto a concentrator at the top of a 
central tower.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201011120343

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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